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Wasiu Agunbiade LAMIDI, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D, PGDE, MNSE, MNIAE, MISTRO, COREN Regd.
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Biosketch:

Wasiu Agunbiade Lamidi holds B.Sc, M.Sc and PhD in Agricultural Engineering respectively in 1994, 2005 and 2011 from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He has Post Graduate Diploma in Education, (PGDE) from Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto. He was a Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Education of the Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun (OSSCE ILA), first as part timer between April 2000 and December 2004 and then as full timer from January 2, 2005 to June 5, 2014 when he transferred his services to Osun State University. He taught both Nigerian Certificate in Education students, (NCE) and Degree students of the Affiliated University of Uyo to OSSCE ILA. He joined the services of Osun State University in November 2011 soon after receiving his PhD Certificate as Adjunct Lecturer II. He was fully appointed as Lecturer I and assumed duty in Osun State University on June 6, 2014. His academic career has seen him occupying some academic positions in both College of Education and University systems ranging from different roles to NCE and Undergraduate Programmes as:

Coordinator of Examination in the Department;
Coordinator, School of Vocational and Technical Education NCE Sandwich Programme
Member, College Teaching Practice Committee;
Member, College Time Table Committee;
Member, College Quality Assurance Committee;
Member, Students’ Disciplinary Committee;
Member, Students’ Examination Mobile Court Committee
Examination Officer, Department of Agronomy
Coordinator of Department of Agronomy
Acting Head, Department of Agronomy (up till date)

As an Agricultural Engineer, he singlehandedly initiated the establishment of the Department of Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering in Osun State University, Osogbo, and through the efforts of relevant authorities, the first set of students were admitted in 2019/2020 academic session.
He helped to established Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers (NIAE) in Osogbo in November 2015 as a result of resolutions made at the NIAE International Conference and Annual General meeting in Katsina 2015 of which the Osun State University sponsored him. He had held many significant posts in many professional bodies as Vice Chairman of NIAE, Osogbo Branch and is currently the Chairman of NIAE in Osun State. He is a member of South West Regional NIAE Executives and also one of the Executive members of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Osun State.

Research Interests, Achievements / Specialization:

His interests are in Farm Structures and Environment, Livestock Housings, Crop Husbandry and Environment, Agricultural Education. Dr Lamidi is currently working on wind’s effects and boosting crop production with respect to changes in global climate.

Contributions to knowledge
Dr. Lamidi has over 30 scholastic publications in local and international Journals. I have contributed in the area of the effects of environment and housing differences on the livestock production precisely on broilers and rabbits. My interests and areas of specialisation include farm structures and environment, animal welfare and livestock housing and soil effects on crop productions.

Scientific/Professional Activities:
In the last two years, he has been external examiners to Students of the Department of Agricultural Education, Ila-Orangun. He is a member of Editorial Board of some academic journals namely Academic Research Publishing Group and American Research Journals. He reviews articles for many academic journals namely Italian Journal of Animal Science –IJAS; International Journal of Education and Practice –IJEP; African Educational Research Journal; African Journal of Agricultural Research -AJAR; Advanced Journal of Agricultural Research- ARPG; Journal of Agriculture and Crops; and Sciencedomain International.

Awards/ Grants
Dr. Engr. Agunbiade Lamidi was awarded Certificate of Merit as Chairman, Education Committee of 1999 Coaching Class for Senior Secondary Students in Ayedire Local Government Area, Ile-Ogbo, Osun State. He was the best Student in Advanced Level Mock Examinations in both Mathematics and Physics, 1986/1987 Academic Session at Baptist High School, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria.

AcademicAppointments:

-Executive Member, Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers, NIAE South West Region, 2019 till date
-Vice Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers, NIAE Osogbo Branch, 2016-2019
-Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers, NIAE Osogbo Branch, 2019 till date
-Executive Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE Osogbo Branch, 2019 till date

Membership of Learned and Professional Association

Member, Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers, MNIAE
Member, Nigeria Society of Engineers, MNSE
Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).
Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria, (TRCN)
Member, International Soil Tillage Research Organisation (MISTRO)
Member, American Association for Science and Technology, (AASCIT)

Selected recent Publications

S.B. Akinde, W.A. Lamidi, M.T. Ayeni (2019). Fungi associated with a dry invasive white patches on trunks of economic fruit trees in south-west Nigeria. African Crop Science Journal, 27 (1): 1– 12. Available online at https://www.ajol.info/index.php/acsj/article/view/184345-469124- 1-SM.pdf DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/acsj.v27i1.1 (Uganda)
Lamidi, W. A., Shittu, K.A. and Adeyeye, A. S.(2018). Yield Performances of Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) on Organic Manure Buffered Lateritic Soils. Journal of Applied Sciences, Environmental Management, 22 (8): 1207 –1212. Available online at https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/177410.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jasem.v22i4.8 (Nigeria)
Alao, O.T., Lamidi, W.A. and Adeyeye, A.S. (2017). Farmers’ Awareness of the Effects of White Patches Disease on the Yield of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) in a Tropical Farmland of Osun State, Nigeria. CoA Journal, Uniosun Journal of Agriculture and Renewable Resources, UJARR, 1: 15-22 (Nigeria)
Lamidi W.A. and Babarinde I.E. (2017). Environmental parameters and applied nutrients' influence on germination and growth of jute mallow (Corchorus olitorus) under rain-fed agriculture. UNIOSUN J. Sciences. 2(1): 45-53 (Nigeria)
A.S. Adeyeye, W.B. Akanbi, K.K. Olalekan, W.A. Lamidi, H.J. Othman and M.A. Ishaku (2017). The Growth and Yield Performance of Sweet Melon as affected by Planting Spacing in North East Nigeria. International Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry 4(8):17-21
Available online at www.ijraf.org/papers/v4-i8/3.pdf and www.ijraf.org/v4-i8 (USA)
Adeyeye, A.S, Akanbi, W.B, Sobola, O.O, Lamidi, W.A. and Olalekan, K.K. (2016). Comparative Effect of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers Treatment on the Growth and Tuber Yield of Sweet Potato (Ipomea Batata L.) International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Research December, 2016 3(3): 54 – 57 (Nigeria)
Lamidi, W. A. (2016). Effect of Different Tillage Practices on Cassava Production in Osun State of Nigeria. Research Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Management. 5(4):114- 121. Available online at http://www.apexjournal.org/rjaem/archive/2016/May/fulltext/Lamidi.pdf.(Abuja, Nigeria)
A.S. Adeyeye, W.B. Akanbi, O.O. Sobola, W.A. Lamidi and K.K. Olalekan. (2016) . Growth and Fruit Yield of Water Melon (Citrullus Lanatus) as influenced by Compost and NPK Fertilizer. FUW Trends in Science & Technology Journal . April, 2016 1(1): 80 - 83 (Federal University, Wukari, Nigeria)

Conferences/Workshops Attendance:
He has attended over 20 conferences/workshops/trainings spanning 4 countries. He has undergone one week trainings in Food Security Indonesia under the sponsorship of ILO/UNDP and Federal Government of Nigeria. He had also participated in the Agro-Processing Revolution: Techniques for Rural Development in the new Millennium’ organised by National Institute of Small Industry Extension Training (NISIET), Hyderabad, India sponsored by ILO/UNDP/FGN/NIR/029, March 30 –April 4, 1998.

In addition, he has many annual General meetings and International Conferences of the Nigerian
Institution of Agricultural Engineers, NIAE in Nigeria.

BRIEF HISTORY

The Educational Management and Guidance and Counselling Units of the Department of Arts and Social Science Education were two of the units in the Department in the College of Education of Osun State University.

Educational Management Unit was established and took off after resource verification during 2014/2015 session. The Unit offers Educational Management degree programmes, with options in B.Ed. Educational Management/Economics, B.Ed. Educational Management/English, B.Ed. Educational Management/Political Science B.Ed. Educational Management/Mathematics, B.Ed. Educational Management/Chemistry, B.Ed. Educational Management/Biology and B.Ed. Educational Management/Physics.

Guidance and Counselling Unit also was established and took off after resource verification during 2014/2015 session. The Unit offers Guidance and Counselling degree programmes, with options in B.Ed. Guidance and Counselling/Economics, B.Ed. Guidance and Counselling/English, B.Ed. Guidance and Counselling/Political Science B.Ed. Guidance and Counselling/Mathematics, B.Ed. Guidance and Counselling/Chemistry, B.Ed. Guidance and Counselling/Biology and B.Ed. Guidance and Counselling/Physics.

Each of the programmes took off with six academic staff who are specialists in Educational Management and Guidance and Counselling apart from other specialists in Education courses in the Department of Arts and Social Science Education. These are supported by a number of Adjunct/Visiting Lecturers drawn from other relevant Departments in the University or from other Universities. The Lecture rooms used by the programme are shared with the other programmes in the Department in the College. Sixty nine and forty five students registered as pioneer students of Educational Management and Guidance and Counselling respectively in the 2014/2015 Session, The total students’ population in each of the programmes currently stands at 138 and 136 respectively.

The students registered for the programmes offer Educational Management and Guidance and Counselling courses, Specialised subject courses and Education courses concurrently from 100 level through 400 level degree in the specialized area of both programmes.

The programmes of the Department operate academic curricular that are tailored along the stipulations contained in the National Universities Commission (NUC) Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards.

PHILOSOPHY:
The philosophy and objectives of the B.Ed. Guidance and Counselling Degree programmes in the Department of Arts and Social Science Education are as follows:

Global perspectives point to the fact that effective educational programme must involve well designed and articulated guidance and counselling programme implemented by a professionally trained Counsellor to a counsellee or client. Counselling refers to professional assistance giving to a client that has psycho-socio problem which include among others emotional, behavioural, vocational, marital, educational, rehabilitation and life-stage challenges etc. The deployment of counsellors to the educational institutions in Nigeria started with the 1981 revised National Policy on Education (NPE) which became the first document that unified education in Nigeria. The document specifically captured counselling as part of support services to be provided in the Nigerian educational institutions
Thus, the Guidance and Counselling programme is being undertaken to offer a wide variety of skills acquisition in the field of counselling psychology at the undergraduate level, to produce the right caliber of committed professionals counselling psychologists who shall be behaviour change agents with competencies in meeting the challenges of the 21st century and beyond. To also produce the scientists – professionals that has as its goal in the alleviation of human problems that often manifested as behaviour disorders, crime, delinquency, educational deficiencies, career misfits, cognitive deficits, developmental issues, academic underachievement and various forms of maladjusted behaviour problems. The clinical – practicum services of the programme include the assessment and management of educational, social and behavioural problems in individuals, groups, organisations and communities.

OBJECTIVES:
The specific objectives of the programme are to:

i.) Train Counselling Psychologists who are to acquire skills that can enhance the improvement and maintenance of human relationships in all spheres of human interaction, increase capability to cope with stresses and demands of everyday living.
ii.) Provide quality programmes that will be second to none in Nigeria for meeting the prescribed guidelines and objectives of NPE’
iii.) Contribute positively to the proper educational, vocational personal and social development of young Nigerians.
iv.) Produce knowledgeable and professional competent counsellors for meeting the manpower requirements of our schools, community, agencies, social welfare.
v.) Produce graduates who are grounded in their ability to integrate theory and research into clinical practices.
vi.) Complement the efforts of the few Universities that produce professional Guidance counselors.
vii.) To groom counsellors in trainee that will provide effective support services in school and non-school settings in other to eliminate acts of indiscipline, reduction of youth restiveness, drug related problems, cultism, examination malpractices and other anti-social behaviours, child abuse and neglect, kidnapping tendencies, adolescent abuse, child labour and human trafficking, terrorism, gender based violence, domestic violence and other crime related issues. These services also embrace the provision of educational, vocational and socio-personal counselling. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Understand the basic concepts of guidance and counselling.
2. Point out the distinctions between counselling and psychotherapy.
3. Identify the goals of counselling.
4. Understand the historical development of the counselling profession.
5. Understand counsellor credentialing.
6. Understand the role of the counsellor.
7. Identify the personal characteristics of effective counsellors.
8. Identify personal values in counselling.
9. Have basic knowledge of some theoretical approaches in counselling such as psychoanalytic, affective and cognitive-behavioural approaches.
10. Explore the characteristics of an effective counselling relationship.
11. Introduce the initial procedures and interview of the counselling process.
12. Explore counselling procedures such as: advanced empathy, theme identification, self-disclosure, perception check, interpretation, action strategies, goal setting, termination, and follow-up.
13. Explore counselling selected special; populations
14. Distinguish different models of helping such as counsellor as consultant, group counselling, and crisis intervention counselling.
15. Examine career counselling.
16. Examine diagnosis and assessment in the counselling process.
17. Clarify professional issues such as ethics, legal considerations, current and future trends, research and evaluation in counselling.
Thus, the programme is designed to provide students with intellectual and professional skills which will help them function effectively and fit into the changing academic situation in the nation. The programme provides:
a. Counselling personnel with competences for professional work in private and public sectors.
b. Teachers for effective teaching and learning.
c. Basic skills in techniques of counselling for vocational, educational and socio-personal matters

3.0 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
3.1 GENERAL
For admission into any of the first degree programmes of the University, a candidate shall be required to possess the following minimum qualifications:
1. Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) or its equivalents with credit level passes in five (5) subjects at not more than two sittings. The candidate must also earn an acceptable score in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
2. Candidates seeking admission by direct entry into the 200 level, must have at least five (5) O/L credits, two of which must be at Advanced Level or approved equivalents.

3.2 DEPARTMENTAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
Candidate seeking admission to read B.Ed. degree in Guidance and Counselling must have the Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) or its equivalents with credit level passes in five (5) subjects: English Language and Mathematics to form the core subjects, with credit in three other relevant arts; social science or sciences subjects at not more than two sittings. The candidate must also earn an acceptable score in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

3.2.2 Direct Entry Candidates

Candidate seeking admission by direct entry into the 200 level Guidance and Counselling programme must have Advanced Level passes in at least two (2) social science subjects, in addition to credit level passes in five of the subjects as stated in 3.2.1 above at the SSCE or its equivalents. Candidates with NCE and approved equivalents in relevant subjects with at least a lower credit may be considered for direct entry into the programme.

3.2.3 Post UTME Screening
All Candidates seeking admission into the University irrespective of their UTME scores shall be required to pass the University post UTME Screening test before being admitted.

3.2.4 Registration Procedure
(a) Students shall normally complete registration at the beginning of the semester.
(b) Any addition or deletion from the courses for which a student is formally registered must be made with the consent of the course coordinator.
(c) A student may be allowed to withdraw from a course by the course administrator before a third of lectures have been given. Such a student who withdraws after this time or who fails to sit for examination without reasons acceptable to the appropriate Faculty/College Board shall be deemed to have failed the course. A Grade point of 0F shall be recorded for the student in the course.
(d) Late registration in the course may be allowed with penalty of up to 4 weeks after the commencement of registration.

3.2.5 Duration of Degree Programmes
The minimum number of years to be spent to be awarded a first degree in a programme of study in non-professional area in the university shall be four years (or three years minimum for direct entry candidates). Registration shall not exceed an additional 50% of the duration of the programme if the student fails to graduate within the minimum number of years.

3.2.6 Graduation Requirements
To qualify for the award of a degree of the Osun State University, a student is required to have:
(i) completed and passed the prescribed number of units including all compulsory courses specified by the University.
(ii) completed and met the standards for all required and optional courses.
(iii) obtained the prescribed minimum CGPA.

3.3 Post UTME Screening
All Candidates seeking admission into the University irrespective of their UTME scores shall be required to pass the University post UTME Screening test before being admitted.

3.4 Registration Procedure
(a) Students shall normally complete registration at the beginning of the semester.
(b) Any addition or deletion from the courses for which a student is formally registered must be made with the consent of the course coordinator.
(c) A student may be allowed to withdraw from a course by the course administrator before a third of lectures have been given. Such a student who withdraws after this time or who fails to sit for examination without reasons acceptable to the appropriate Faculty/College Board shall be deemed to have failed the course. A Grade point of 0F shall be recorded for the student in the course.
(d) Late registration in the course may be allowed with penalty of up to 4 weeks after the commencement of registration.

3.5 Duration of Degree Programmes
The minimum number of years to be spent to be awarded a first degree in a programme of study in non-professional area in the university shall be four years (or three years minimum for direct entry candidates). Registration shall not exceed an additional 50% of the duration of the programme if the student fails to graduate within the minimum number of years.

3.6 Graduation Requirements
To qualify for the award of a degree of the Osun State University, a student is required to have:
(i) completed and passed the prescribed number of units including all compulsory courses specified by the University.
(ii) completed and met the standards for all required and optional courses.
(iii) obtained the prescribed minimum CGPA.