Greedy Tropical Soils:- Appeasing The Hungry Soils For L Sustainable Food Production:- Professor Victor Emmanuel Osodeke

ABSTRACT

It gives me great pleasure to welcome all ofusto my inaugural lecture, holding today the 12 Day ofApril 2017. The idea of inaugural lecture was designed to give opportunity for a freshly appointed or promoted Professor to inform the University community and the general public about his/herresearch output and update them on his future research plans. It is therefore aprivilege forme to give my inaugural lecture today, seven years aftermy promotion to the rank ofaprofessor. The road to today's event has been marked with series ofturbulence and unanticipated events. It all started in 1974, when on completion of my primary school education and having passed the Common Entrance Examination to one of the best secondary schools in the then Bendel State (Western Boys High School, Benin City), I lost my dear father, Mr. Jackson Osodeke. 1 had to abandon the admission as my mother whojust lost her beloved husband could not afford the school fees. It was notuntil two yearslaterin 1977 thatI was able to gain admission into a secondary school (Ughoton Secondary School) in a village known as Ekenwa in the same old Bendel State and my jnotherwas able to paymy school fees.