Dr. Oladayo Ramon Ibrahim, FeRSA Lagos State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria RSA Ambassador to Nigeria 2025 RSA Start-up Grant Awardee Project: A Spatial Analysis of Heat Waves and Urban Planning in Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria
Dr. Folasade Jokotade Odekunle Bells University of Technology, Ota, Nigeria 2025 RSA Start-Up Grant Project: Leading with Vision:Women Shaping the Future of Urban Development Through Strategic Foresight in Urban Planning
Dr. Folasade Odekunle is a Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning at Bells University of Technology in Ota, Nigeria, where she oversees the Centre for Climate Change. She earned her PhD from the University of Ibadan and is a Fellow of the Regional Studies Association (UK) as well as a member of the International […]
I am Dr Oladyo Ramon Ibrahim, a researcher with a strong interest in rural development, urban informality, and social sustainability. My work focuses on understanding how marginalised groups, particularly the elderly and low-income populations, experience and navigate challenges in rural and urban communities. I am committed to producing research that informs inclusive policies and strategic […]
Nigeria’s business environment has been defined by overlapping crises—economic shocks, political instability, and community-level disruptions. For example, in 2015, Nigeria entered a prolonged downturn, largely driven by plummeting oil prices and production cuts. Between 2000 and 2012, crude oil accounted for 98% of the country’s export revenue and 85% of federal government revenue, yet its […]
26 November 2025
The voting behaviour in Nigeria has been attributed to many factors, such as clientelism, vote buying, party identification, the performance of the government, and ethnicity. Most of these studies have been done at a macro level. There were limited studies done on the rural dwellers. According to the World Population Review (2024), the Nigeria population […]
Folasade Odekunle is a doctoral student in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is also a Lecturer in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) at Bells University of Technology, Ota, Nigeria where she served as Pioneer coordinator of the URP programme for 3 years. She […]
My country is a multi-tribe and multi-language country, therefore the English Language is the official language of the country. In my position as a country representative or ambassador of RSA for Nigeria, my goal is to lift the regional planning practice in Nigeria and sell the RSA idea to the generality of potential and interested […]