- Prize Award for being the best graduating student in Botany in the Forest Assistant Certificate Course (ND Forestry), Federal School of Forestry, Jos. 1977
- Scholarship Award by the Federal Ministry of Education through the Bureau for External Aid for Education to study Forestry in USSR. 1978
- National Youth Service Corps Certificate in acknowledgement of meritorious service as a member of the Cultural group. 1984
- EEC/FGN Scholarship Award for Ph.D programme at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 1991 – 1994
- EEC/FGN Scholarship Award for one year research visit to the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U. K. 1992 – 1993
- Certificate of Recognition of Contributions to the Success and Growth of African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE) between 2001 and 2003. 2003
- Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)/UNESCO Fellowship Award as Visiting Associate at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) African Humid Tropics Regional Office in Yaounde, Cameroon. 2004