Bio sketch of Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro
(FNIAS, FNSAP, FCOASN, FASAN,FFPNO, FSPSP, D.Sc (h.c) , FAS & DAS)
Suleiman Elias Bogoro who hails from Gwarangah in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State was born on 6th June, 1958.He studied at the famous Boy’s Secondary School Gindiri in the then Benue Plateau State from 1972-1976.A graduate of B.Sc. Agriculture (1981) from University of Maiduguri, he bagged his M.Sc. Animal Science from ABU, Zaria (1988) and Ph.D. Animal Science from ATBU (1997), with composite research and bench-work equally shared between ATBU, The Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland and The Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He commenced his academic career at the Federal University of Technology, renamed Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi as a pioneer Graduate Assistant in the School (Faculty) of Agriculture in 1984 where he rose to Professor of Animal Science (specializing in Biochemistry and Ruminant Nutrition) in 2003.
Professor Bogoro is a prolific researcher with numerous publications in international and local journals. Prof. Bogoro has taught, supervised and mentored several postgraduate students at M.Sc and PhD levels with 14 of them that are Professors now. He has delivered numerous high profile public lectures in excess of 70 in very diverse areas of development challenge and policy. At the last count he has delivered 8 Convocation Lectures dwelling on compelling topics on mainly research thrust and funding of Nigerian public and private universities. Prof. Bogoro who has recently been nick named Apostle of R & D is one of the loudest voices canvassing for the establishment of a National R & D Foundation that will become the common platform for Researchers and the Industry/Private sector, consistent with the demands of contemporary Knowledge Economy which is more futuristic than our present exhaustible resource and commodity-based Economy.
He was appointed as the pioneer Director of the NIMET-supported Agro-Meteorogical Centre, ATBU in 2004. In 2005, he was appointed Chairman, Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede-Owerri, Imo State up to October 2007. He was bestowed with the traditional title of “EKWUEME of ABOH MBAISE” (meaning, a man of his words), 12 months upon taking over at the Federal Polytechnic Nekede as Chairman of Council, for his unprecedented transformation of the Polytechnic in August 2006. As confirmation of the honour, the successor Governing Council gave him the Fellowship of the Polytechnic upon recommendation of the Academic Board of the Polytechnic, thus becoming the first, and so far, the only former Chairman to be so honoured. Additionally, Prof. Bogoro has been the official Orator of his University, ATBU, Bauchi
To Bogoro’s credit is the visionary Innovation and creation of three specialist Centres in ATBU, Bauchi being;
- National Covid 19 Research Consortium, National Secretariat & Project Coordinating Office (2020)
- The Dairy Research and Development Centre, Gubi Main Campus (2015).
- Research and Development (R&D) and Centre of Excellence Department in TETFund (2014).
- The Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Centre, Tafawa Balewa town (2014)
- The Agrometeological Centre (where he was foundation Director in (2004).
- Fellow, Animal Science Association of Nigeria 2019
- Honorary Fellow, Society for Educational Management FSEN 2019
- Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science, FAS 2018
- Fellow, Nigerian Society for Animal Production, 2017
- Fellow, College of Animal Scientists of Nigeria, FCASN 2015
- Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, FNIAS 2012
- Fellow, Society for Peace Studies and Practices, FSPSP 2011
- Fellow, The Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, FFPNO 2009
- Leadership Public Service Person of the year 2019
- Business day Excellence in Public Service 2019
- Special Recognition award of Nigerian Society of Animal Production 2019
- Agricultural Development and Practice Award Landmark University, Omo-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria 2017
- African Achiever’s Award of Excellence 2016
- Nigerian Society for Animal Production Captain of Industry Award 2015
- Newswatch Magazine Overall Best Chief Executive Officer in the Nigerian Public Sector. 2015