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Dr. (Mrs.)

OLAIFA Temitope Abimbola 

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Dr Olaifa Temitope holds a PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. She lectures at the Communication and General Studies Department, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. She has several research articles in local and international peer-reviewed journals. She has carried out a good number of independent researches in the areas of child protection, privatisation of violence and gender issues. She currently coordinates the Peace and Strategic Studies and Security and Intelligence Studies programmes at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. She has supervised undergraduate projects and post-graduate dissertations in Communications, Peace and Conflict Studies, Criminology, and Security and Intelligence Studies. As an International Scholar, she works on the Scientific Committee, Parliamentarian University on Health, Population and Development, Dakar Senegal. In July 2017, she became a Fellow of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice (FSPSP).

Tope Olaifa is a creative writer with published works on Drama (mainly on Child Abuse) and Poetry to her credit. She worked with female adolescents for 25 years in her teaching career. She organised training programmes suitable for their growth and development as co-curricular activities.

Apart from teaching and researching, Tope engages in issues of Social and Environmental Justice, Peace and Conflict issues, Anti-Corruption, Gender and Governance through advocacy in fulfilment of her tripartite mandate as a lecturer. She also monitored Early Warning Signs of violence, Tranhumance, Road Accidents and other humanitarian threats in Ogun State, Nigeria between 2009 and 2014 for WANEP Nigeria. She is also a training consultant for ActionAid, PRAWA, WANEP and UNDP on Peace and Security issues.

She is married to Olaifa Oluwabusayomi. They are blessed with wonderful children.

(a)       Ph.D., University of Ibadan, Nigeria:  2007-2014

(b)       M.Agric., University of Ibadan, Nigeria:  2003-2005

(c)       B.A (Edu.), Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria: 1992-1998

(d)      Alliance Francaises au Nigeria Comite de Lagos (French Language Centre – Abeokuta):  1987

(e)       Alliance Francaises de Lagos.  Lagos Nigeria: 1985

(f)       Federal Advanced Teachers College, Okene, Kogi State, Nigeria:  1978-1981

(g)      A.U.D. Teachers’ Training College Otta:  1975-1976

(h)      Iganmode Grammar School, Otta:  1971-1975

● Impact of Human Traffic and Child Labour on Igan-Okoto Community
● A Study of the Mining Law Compliance Level in Ogun State
● Mining and Sustainable Peace in selected communities in Ogun State
● Civil Society Intervention on Environmental Sanitation in Abule Otun
● Deployment of Technology in Peacebuilding in Local Communities in Ogun State,
● Psycho-social Behaviour of Female School Drop-outs in Southwest Nigeria

  •  Award of Peace & Justice Champion (Africa) by the Conference of Wives of African Presidents (COWAP):  2018
  • Award of Advocate of Peace and Justice in Africa by the Conference of Wives of African Presidents (COWAP):2018
  • Admission into the FELLOWSHIP of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice (fspsp): 2017
  • Award as a Distinguished Awori Indigene by OTA CLUB:  2016
  • Diamond Merit Award by the Centre for Women, Youth & Care for the Aged (CEWOY-CARA): 2015
  • Best Caregiver Award by Ogunsipe Ebenezer Olubiyi:  2015

COLLAMRUD College Representative on COLENDS COLLEGE BOARD

● Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP)

● West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP) Nigeria.

● Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA)

● American Psychology Association (Div.48-Peace Psychology) USA

● Kigali Book Club, Rwanda.

● Nigeria Evaluation Association (NEA)

● Nigeria Folklore Society (NFS)

● National Association of University Women (NAUW)

● West Africa Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA)

● Freedom of Information Coalition of Nigeria (FOICN)

  1. One-day seminar organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja held at Daktad Hotels and Events Centre, Quarry Road, Abeokuta on 13th September, 2016. Conflict-Sensitive Reporting of Transhumance: The Media in the Contemporary Times:  2016
  2. UNDP Africa: Regional Consultation with Stakeholders and Experts. Theme: African Human Development Report 2016: The Political Economy of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa. 30-31 March 2016. ONOMO Hotel, Dakar, Senegal. Title of Paper: Achieving Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Agenda  2030 and Agenda 2063:   2016
  3. 2015 Commemoration of the United Nations Day of the Girl Child organized by CPN Ogun at Iwe- Iroyin House, Abeokuta. Nigeria on Tuesday, 20th October,2015. Title of Paper: The power of the Nigerian Female Adolescent.    2015
  4. World Teachers’ Day 2015, organised by Nigeria Union Of Teachers (NUT) Ogun State on 5th October 2015. Title of Paper: Addressing Conflict Issues  in Teacher Empowerment and National Stability:  2015
  5. 9th International Conference & General Assembly of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP) held at the University of Ibadan on Tuesday 10th through Thursday 12th August 2015. Theme: Rethinking Post- Election Peace building in Africa. Title of Paper: The Media and Post-Election Peace building in Nigeria: 2015
  6. Workshop on Curbing Violent Extremism in Nigeria organised by the African Initiative for Peace and Human Development and Association of Professional Negotiators and Mediators held at Nigeria air Force Conference Centre Abuja on 31st July 2015. Title of paper:  2015
  7. A Town Hall Meeting with Youths towards Violence-Free Elections in the South-West Nigeria, Nigeria (Ogun-West Senatorial District) organised by the Justice, Development and Peace Commission with funding Support from the European Union (EU) through Democratic Governance for Development (DGII) on Wednesday, 4th February, 2015.
  8. A two-day Stakeholders Sensitisation Forum on the Proliferation of Small  Arms and Light Weapons in Nigeria’ tagged, ’Ballot without Bullets’ organised by the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM) held at the Western Sun Hotel, Ede on 12th-13th January, 2015. Title of Paper: The Role of Civil Society Organisations in Mobilising Stakeholders in Combating the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons Before,During and After2015 General Elections in Nigeria.  2015
  9. Africa-Berlin International Conference held at the National Defence College,  Abuja. Theme: Revolts and Change, Individual Freedom and National Security, Africa in the Light of Popular Uprisings. Date-25th-28th February, 2014.   Title of Paper: Ethnic Pluralism and Reintegration in Post- Conflict Rwanda:   2014
  10. 7th Annual International Conference of the African Evaluation Association held in Cameroon between 3rd and 7th March, 2014. Title of Paper: Conflict Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Security at Seme Border of Nigeria and Benin Republic:   2014
  11. A symposium on The Role of Youths in Nation Building held at the Ado-Odo Ota local Government Multi-purpose Hall, Ota in honour of  the Chairman, Comrade Rotimi Rahmon on his 40th Birthday. Date: 22nd April, 2014. Title of Paper: The Role of Youths in Nation Building.   2014

● Redeemer’s University International Mode United Nation’s Conference
Held at Redeemers’ University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria between 13th and 17th April, 2021.
Theme: Achieving our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism in the New Normal.
Paper Presented: ‘Multilateralism and the Global Roll- Over to the New Normal: Reviewing World Response to the Pandemic against the Principles of Dynamic Commitment’.

● Association of African Universities (AAU) webinar held on 3rd March, 2021
Theme: Quality Assurance in Higher and Tertiary Education on Campus Security.
Paper Presented: ‘The Concept of Security’.

● 2020 International Day of the Girl Child Celebrations held at Remo Secondary School,
Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria on 15th October,
Theme: Our Voice, Our Equal Future.
Paper Presented: ‘The Power in the Voice of the Girl-Child’

● Two-Day Zonal Trainning Workshop for Women Organisations and CSOs/CBOs in Border
Communities on their Critical Role in Civilian Disarmament and Prevention of Arms Trafficking held at Sunview Hotel, Akure 8th and 9th July, 2019
Paper Presented: ‘Mobilising Women Organisations for Effective Civilian Disarmament at the Community Level’

● ECOWAS Forum on Education for the Culture of Peace through Intra and Inter Religious
Dialogue. 2nd Edition Co-Organised by ECOWAS and the Republic of Niger. 14 – 15 November, 2018 at Niamey, Republic of Niger.
Theme: Youth and Peacebuilding: Through Interfaith Dialogue.
Paper Presented: ‘Causes and Consequences of Youth Involvement in Religious Conflicts in West Africa’.
● Youth Leadership Summit organized by the Nigerian Red Cross Ogun State Branch at the
National Museum, Ogun State, Abeokuta on 2nd – 4th March, 2018.
Theme: Purposeful Leadership
Paper Presented: Leadership and the Nigerian Youth: Preparing for the Future

● Olaifa Temitope 2023. Thoughts on the Causes and Consequences of Youth Involvement in Intra/Inter Religious Violence in West Africa. In WAUU Journal of International Affairs and Contemporary Studies. Vol.3 (1) pp 59-69. ISSN: 2814-0516.
Publisher: West African Union University, Cotonou, Republic of Benin.

● Olaifa Temitope 2023. Conflict Sensitivity Reporting of Transhumance in the Media in
Contemporary Times. In International Journal of Management, Social Sciences, Peace and Conflict Studies. Vol.6 (2). Pp 459-466. ISSN: 2682-6135.
Publisher: Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Agbani. Enugu State.
● Ashindorbe Kelvin, Temitope Olaifa & Kingsley Udegbunam (2022). ‘Vaccine Nationalism and the quest for IndigenousCOVID 19 Vaccine in Nigeria’.
Publisher: African Identities. DOI: 10.1080/14725843.2022.2034597
https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2022.2034597

● Olaifa, Temitope and Oluwatosin Fatoyinbo 2021. ‘Ethnic Pluralism, Social Justice and
Integration Policy in Post-Conflict Rwanda’. Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences
and Creative Arts. Vol. 15.
Publisher: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.
● Olaifa, Temitope (2021). ‘Evaluation of Gender Pay Gap in the Informal Sector in Ogun
State, Nigeria’. Dutse International Journal of Social and Economic Research 6 (1):144-156.
Publisher: Federal University of Dutse, Nigeria.

● Olaifa, Temitope and Oluwatosin Fatoyinbo (2020). ‘The Dynamics of Terrorism
in West Africa’. Kaduna Journal of Historical Studies. 11(3). 166-185.
Publisher: Department of History, Kaduna State University.

● Olaifa, Temitope (2020). ‘Contemplating the Extractives for Socio-Economic
Development and Sustainable Peace in Nigeria’. Dutse International Journal of Social and
Economic Research 5(1):144-156
Publisher: Federal University of Dutse, Nigeria.

● Olaifa, Temitope A., Emmanuel O. Ademola & Damilola Adekunle (2019). ‘An Exploration
of the Socio-political Conflict and the Quest for Social Change in Hong-Kong’. In The
Nigerian Journal of International Affairs. NJIA, Vol. 45 (1-2):157-182
Publisher: Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos. Nigeria.

● Olaifa, Temitope (2018). ‘Triggers of Violence against Children in Abeokuta Metropolis of
Ogun State, Nigeria’ Kaduna Journal of Political Science. Vol. 5(1). 55- 74
Publisher: Department of Political Science, Kaduna State University.
● Olaifa, Temitope (2017). ‘Conflict Monitoring and Security Risk Assessment of Seme
Border of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin’ Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and
Creative Arts. Vol. 12. 82-91
Publisher: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.

● Olaifa, Temitope (2017). ‘Capturing Subjective Elements in Conflict Monitoring and
Evaluation’ Journal of Administrative Sciences 14(1&2). 30-40
Publisher: Institute of Public Administration and Extension Services. University of Benin,
Benin City. Nigeria.

● Olaifa Temitope (2017). ‘Revisiting Morocco and Sustainable Peace in Western Sahara’
Kaduna Journal of Sociology. 5 (5). 75-84
Publisher: Department of Sociology, Kaduna State University, Kaduna. Nigeria.

● Olaifa, Temitope & Adekunle, Damilola (2017). ‘A Critical Overview of UN’s
Humanitarian Interventions and its Security Implications for African Conflicts ‘African
Journal of Politics and Diplomacy. 2. 29- 41.
Publisher: Centre for African American Research Studies (CAARS). University of Forte
Hare, Eastern Cape. South Africa.
● Olaifa, Temitope, Bosede Sotiloye & Ima-ima, Dare (2017). ‘Management of Ethno
Linguistic Conflict: A comparative Analysis of Belgian and Nigerian Models’ Journal of
Humanities,Social Sciences and Creative Arts. Vol. 12. 13-27
Publisher: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.

● Olaifa, Temitope 2013. ‘Out-of-Court Third Party Intervention in the Media: A case Study’.
Journal for Peace and Justice Studies. 23 (2):139-154.
Publisher: The Center for Peace and Justice Education, Villanova University, USA. 2013

● Olaifa, Temitope and Danjibo, Dominic 2013. ‘The 1994 Rwandan Crisis: Genocide or
War?’ International Journal for World Peace 30 (3) 31-54
Publisher: Professors World Peace Academy. ISSN 0742-3640.

● Tope Olaifa 2012: ‘Corruption and Sustainable Peace in Nigeria: Equipping Youth for Reconstruction’. International Journal for World Peace. 29 (3)
Publisher: Professors World Peace Academy. ISSN 0742-3640.

● Olaifa, T. A. 2009. ‘Elimination of Violence against Women: Hope for Peace and Sustainable Development?’ International Journal of Development Studies 4 (1) 87-91.
Publisher: International Research and Development Institute, Uyo.

Books

● Onifade, Adenike; Olaifa, Temitope; Odozor, Uche and Imonhopi, David 2015. Studies
in Arts and Social Sciences, 167 pages
Publisher: Jacob & Lydia Publishers

● Akeredolu-Ale, Bola; Bodunde, Helen; Sotiloye, Bosede; Aduradola, Remi; Adebiyi,
Alphonsus and Olaifa, Temitope 2014. Studies in English Language and Literature 205
Pages Publisher: Jacob & Lydia Publishers.

Chapters in Books
● Olaifa, Temitope 2019. ‘Application of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism to
Property Dispute in Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria’ In D. Imhonopi, Anthony Onwumah, Tayo
George and Mercy Ozoya (eds) The Social Sciences and Sustainable Development in the
21st Century Africa. 424-457
Publisher: Department of Sociology, Covenant University, Otta. Nigeria.

● 22. Olaifa, Temitope 2019. ‘African Women in Preventive, Multi-Track Diplomacy’ In Albert,
I.O., Elias Bogoro, Matt Meyer and Nathaniel Danjibo (eds) Readings in Peace and
Conflict:Essays in Honour of Professor Isaac Olawale Albert 627-640
Publisher: Society for Peace Studies and Practice.

● Olaifa Temitope 2018. ‘Public Enlightenment and Climate Change: Need for Civil Society
Intervention’ In Active Promoting of Peace: Global Perspectives on Personal Peace,
Children and Adolescents and Social Justice 287-305
Publisher: Peace Psychology Division, American Psychology Association, USA

● Olaifa Temitope 2017. Re-echoing the Need for Contexualising Traditional Conflict
Resolution Mechanism as a Judicial Option in Post Conflict African States. In Nwaodu,
N.O., E. O. C. Ijeoma, and B.P. Wanda (eds) Regional Integration, Globalisation &
Development in Africa (ECOSOC/SADC/ECOWAS Edition).
Publisher: Institute of Development Assistance Management, IDAM, University of Forte
Hare, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

● Olaifa T.A. 2016. ‘When Spouses Kill the Present and the Future’ in Albert, I.O.,
Omotoso, S.A. and Akeredolu, A. (eds.) Gender Based Violence in Nigeria and
Beyond pp. 243-256
Publisher: Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies.

Technical Reports
● Houmey Meteteiton, Aisha Fontana Ibrahim, Odette Kabaya, Ndioro Ndiaye, Fatime
Christiane N’Diaye, Temitope Olaifa, Bouba Qualey 2016. Africa Human Development
Report 2016: Accelerating Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa. A
paper submitted to United Nations Development Fund (UNDP)
● Ngoyi Patrick and Temitope Olaifa 2013. Report of the Research Conducted on the
performance of the Ogun State Government in Budget Implementation for the years
2012 and 2013. A paper submitted to the Ogun State Government, Nigeria.

● Olatosimi Kola, Tope Olaifa and Akinsanya Moji 2012. Final Report on the Third-Party
Evaluation of the 2nd EISR of the World Bank Assisted FADAMA III Project in Nigeria.
World Bank.

● Awotunde, J. M., O. Oguntoke, T. A. Olaifa, O. T. Adenubi 2010. Report of Diagnostic
Survey Conducted in Ekiti State, South-Western Nigeria Submitted to Research and
Development Centre (RESDEC), University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. Nigeria.

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