Adeniran gets NITP Fellowship Award

Town planner Fagbenro Olukayode Adeniran is among those that would be conferred with the prestigious Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) at the 55th edition of the institute’s international conference.

The event, slated for Enugu fromOctober 21 to October 24, 2024, will be attended by leading urban and regional planning professionals in the academia, public and private practice, as well as scientists, urban administrators, researchers, political office holders, real estate developers and consultants, ICT specialists and other service providers both national and international.

Issues of national importance and relevance will also be discussed at the conference and recommendations published for the attention of the government and other stakeholders, in order to facilitate the growth and physical development of human settlements in the country.

Adeniran, a Deputy Director in the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Abuja, is an accomplished professional who has dedicatedly worked in the public service in the last 28 years and had a brief five-year stint in the private sector.

He obtained a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Ibadan in 2002, and earned a Post Graduate Diploma in Housing and Urban Development in 2015 from the Institute of Housing and Urban Development, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

He also bagged a Master’s degree in Environmental Management and Protection from the University of Abuja in 2018. He is currently rounding off his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Environmental Resources Management at Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State.

He is a Corporate Member of the Nigeria Institute of Town Planners, Registered Member, Town Planners Registration Council; member, American Planning Association and member, Nigeria Environmental Society.