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ABOUT the AUTHORS Abiola Lipede Is a Professor of History in The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (Volume 19, No.1, 2017) ISSN: 1520-5509 Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania ABOUT THE AUTHORS Abiola Lipede is a Professor of History in the Department of History and War Studies, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria where she also served as the Head, Centre for Defence and Documentation Agwu Ama Okorie, Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant, National Programme for Food Security, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Nigeria. Aliyu A. Ahmed, Independent Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant, Monitoring and Evaluation Institute, Abuja, Nigeria. Ayodeji Alexander Ajibola Coker, Senior Lecturer, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. Beth McManus, Associate Professor, Colorado School of Public Health Betsy Risendal, Assistant Research Professor, Colorado School of Public Health Chansa Chomba: Disaster Management Training Centre, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mulungushi University Kabwe, Zambia Chukwuma Osakwe is an Associate Professor of Military History in the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. Chukwuemeka Vincent Okpara is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Cornelius Owoniyi Adebayo, Lecturer 1, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. Ebelechukwu Mọgọ, Principal, ERIM Consulting Emmanuel Oladipo Akogun, National Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, Nigeria Agriculture Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase-1 (ATASP-1), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Nigeria. Halimat Sanusi, Graduate Student, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria Hamdalat Opeyemi Jimoh, Graduate Student, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria Ifatokun Paul Ifabiyi, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin; Nigeria 1 James Agena is Associate Professor of Political Science Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Nigeria. Jenn Leiferman, Professor, Colorado School of Public Health Jill Litt, Associate Professor, Colorado School of Public Health Kudzai Chinyoka is a lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University in the Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Foundations. Lookman Oshodi, Project Director, Arctic Infrastructure Luke Amadi is a Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director Educational Support and Development Initiative for the Less Privileged (ESDIL). Mercy Nwojo, Post-graduate Student, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. Mina M Ogbanga is a Doctor of Development Studies and lectures in the Department of Sociology University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Mojibayo Fadakinte is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Niyi Adegoke, Criminology and security studies Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria,University Village, Jabi, Abuja, NIGERIA. Olugbenga Omotayo Alabi, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Abuja, Nigeria. Olumuyiwa Olusesan Familusi is affiliated with the Department of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Percyslage Chigora is an Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Management Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Salau Wahab, Department of Geography Federal University of Kashere, Gombe State, Nigeria 2 .
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