Desmond Majekodumni | |
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Born | June 1950 |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Other names | Olumuyiwa |
Education | Corona Schools, Ikoyi King's College, Lagos Norwich City University, UK. |
Occupation | Conservationist |
Known for | Environmental and climate change activism |
Notable work | LUFASI Park |
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Desmond Olumuyiwa Majekodunmi (born June 1950) is a Nigerian environmentalist.[1][2] He is the chairman of the Lekki State Urban Forest and Animal Shelter Initiative (LUFASI),[3][4] and a radio show host of the Green Hour on Nigeria Info 99.3 FM.[5] Majekodunmi is also an author, a singer and script-writer.[6] In addition to this, he works as a farmer, multi-media engineer/producer, film maker and musician.[7][8][9]
He has received many awards in recognition of his work on agriculture and the environment. He has won the Nigerian Silverbird TV "Man of the Year" and DW German TV network "Environment Hero".[10] His efforts to get more trees planted were acknowledged with an award from the Ministry of Environment.[7] He is a certified experimental extension farmer for International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, and operates Majekodunmi Agricultural Project (MAP) - an agro forestry based conservation farm in Lagos.[11][12] The only agro forestry based conservation farm in Nigeria’s economic centre, a portion of which has been registered as an Urban Forest Park.[13]
He describes the climatic changes, rain, storm, and hurricanes in the world as what experts have predicted and what we are now seeing it. In his words, it goes on and on and all we can do is support them.[4]
He is the son of the First Republic federal minister, Chief Moses Majekodunmi, and his wife - Nora Majekodunmi, the founder of Corona Schools.[9]
He recently received an award from Paschal Dozie after giving a lecture on sustainable development and has received several other awards regarding climate change and environmental conservation.[14][citation needed]
Majekodunmi serves as the current chairman of the Awareness and Fund Raising committee of the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), Lagos,[15] and is a conservation farming[15] practitioner.