He obtained a Bachelor of science (B.sc) degree with first class honours in Agricultural Technology from the University of Maiduguri[3] and took the compulsory one year National Youth Service Corps in Benue State, the north central region of Nigeria.
[5] Having completed his doctorate degree, he joined the academic staff of Papua New Guinea University of Technology where he later became head of Agricultural Engineering Department, a position he held from 1992 to 1998.
He had served in several institute and government parastatals, including the Appropriate Technology and Community Development Institute in Northern Australia, Family Economic Advancement Programme, FEAP and Director of Sports, Federal Ministry of Sports and Social Development, Nigeria.
He is also passionately involved in driving the establishment of Nigeria's Science and Technology Parks programme and pioneered the establishment of Africa's Premier Science and Technology Innovation Corridor (APSTICA) in Abuja.
He Designed and produced a once-over groundnut combine harvester suitable for Nigerian farmers and animal gears system for processing agricultural commodities in rural area, designed, developed and commercialized a coconut de-husking machine for small coconut producers in Australia/Pacific and Asia, designed and developed solar water desalinating plant for rural areas of the pacific, designed and developed vegetable storage system for rural areas, designed a 16-bird slaughtering kit for small scale poultry processors.