About OKAFOR, Benjamin Onuorah

Chief Lecturer|B.Sc.(Quantity Surveying & Estate Management), M.Sc.(Construction Management)

School

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Department

Quantity Surveying

Programme

National Diploma & Higher National Diploma

Research Interest

Entrepreneurship, Project Management and Tendering and Estimating

Teaching Areas

Construction Economics
Tendering and Estimating
Building Measurement and Specification
Final Account and Procedure
Professional Practice and Procedure
Entrepreneurship Development
 

Selected Publications

Aiyelabowo, O. P. and Okafor, B. O. (2011). Entrepreneurship for Poverty Alleviation: Construction Industry Perspective in Lagos Journal of Entrepreneurship and Technology (IJET) 1 (6).  
Oladiran, S. O., Okafor, B.O. and Aiyelabowo, O. P. (2012). Managing the Challenges of Work Experience Scheme in Developing Workforce Among the Youths South-West, Nigeria in British Journal of Arts and Social Sciences 4 (2) 330-341.
Musa, N.A., Awolesi J.A.B. and Okafor, B.O. (2012) The Place of TVET as a Tool for Manpower Development for Achieving Vision 20: 2020 in the Nigerian                Construction Industry.  Environment and Natural Resources Research Vol. 2(2) 93-98. Okafor, B. O. (2014). Public Private Partnership, a Veritable Tool for Sustainable Construction In Achieving Quality and Affordable Shelter in Nigeria in The International Journal of Science and Technology (IJST) 2 (5) 287-291.
Okafor, B. O. (2014). The Development of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria Is the Gateway to Youth Empowerment in IJST 2 (7) 329-333. 
Olabiyi,O. S., Okafor, B. O. and Bamidele, O. E. (2014). Facilities Improvement Through Public-Private Partnership for Enhancing Foundation Skills Among Technical Vocational Education Students in Nigeria in Environment and Natural Resources Research 4 (2) 11-18.
Okafor, B. O. (2014). Paper Identification and Assessment of Risks/Hazards in the Construction Industry in South West of Nigeria in IJST. 
Okafor, B. O. (2016). Review of Incessant Collapse of Buildings in Nigeria: Challenges and Cost Implications to the Economy in September, 2016 of IJMER.
Okafor, B. O. (2017). Assessment of the Roles Of Quantity Surveyors in Achieving Quality and
Affordable Housing Programmes in The South West of Nigeria in the Ilaro Journal of Environmental Research and Development 2 (1) 269-279. 
Okafor, B. O. (2017). Impact of National Development on the Built Environment and Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria in December, 2017 of IJST.
Okafor, B. O. (2018). Sustainable Development in Nigeria Construction Industry and the Effects on Her Economic and Political Stability in February, 2018 of IJST.
Okafgor, B. O. (2018). The Effects of Computer Software Packages for Quantity Surveying Profession in Nigeria in December, 2018 of IJST. 
 

Conferences Attended

Okafor, B. O. (2009). Quantity Surveying Profession in Sustainable Infrastructure and Built Environment; A Paper Presented at the 2nd National  Conference of School of Environmental Studies, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro at Multipurpose Hall from 9th – 11th December, 2009.
Okafor, B. O. (2009). The Roles of Construction Economist in Housing and the Millenium Development Goals. A Paper presented at 2nd National Conference of School of Environmental Studies, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro at Multipurpose Hall from 9th – 11th December, 2009.                        
Okafor, B. O. and Aiyelabowo, O. P. (2010). Entrepreneurship for Poverty Alleviation: Construction Industry Perspective at 1st National Conference of  School of Engineering, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro from 2nd – 5th November, 2010. 
Musa, N.A., Okafor, B.O. and Awolesi, J.A.B. (2011) ‘Evaluation of the Effectiveness of TVET for Manpower Development Towards Vision 20; 2020 – A Case Study of Quantity Surveying Technician.’- Paper presented at the 4th ASUP National Conference, The  Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, from 6th – 9th September, 2011.  
Oladiran, S. O. Okafor, B. O. and Aiyelabowo, O. P. (2011). Managing the Challenges of Industrial Work Experience Scheme in Developing Work Force among the Youths in South-West Nigeria at the 4th ASUP National Conference, The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro from 6th – 9th September, 2011. 
Okafor, B. O.  and Eze, B. E. (2014). The Role of Entrepreneurship Education in PromotingSustainable Development at the 9th National Conference of School of Management Studies, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, between 21st and 23rd January, 2014.
Eze, B. E. Okafor, B. O., Alausa, D.W.S and Ekhiator, L. O. (2014). ‘EntrepreneurshipDevelopment: Gateway to Youth Empowerment at the 9th National Conference of School of Management Studies, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro between 21st and 23rd January, 2014. 
Okafor, B. O. (2015). The Roles of Quantity Surveyors in Achieving Quality and Affordable Housing Programmes in South-West of Nigeria – ASUP Zone C 2015 National Conference 11th – 14th May, 2015. 
Okafor, B. O. (2015). Sustainable Development in the Nigerian Construction Industry and theEffects on her Economic and Political Stability: 3rd National Conference of School of Applied Science, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro from 15th – 18th June, 2015.
Okafor, B. O. (2015). The Impact of National Development on the Built Environment and Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria: 3rd National Conference of School of Applied Science, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro from 15th – 18th June, 2015.
Okafor, B. O. (2015). Review of Incessant Collapse of Buildings in Nigeria and CostImplications to the Economy: 5th National Conference of School of Applied Science, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, 15th – 18th June, 2015.
Okafor, B. O. and Olaniran, M. O. (2015). The Critical Review of Nigerian Government Policies and Efforts to Provide Shelter for all in the Year 2020: 5th National Conference of School of Applied Science, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, 15th – 17th July, 2015.
Olaniran, M. O. and Okafor, B. O. (2015). An Evaluation of Costing and Financing Private Housing Development in Nigeria: 5th National Conference of School of Applied Science,  The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, 15th – 17th July, 2015. 
Okafor, B. O. (2015). Attended 2nd Research/Conference of NIQS ReCon2 as Resource Person (Presented two Monographs) at Federal University of Technology, Akure: 1st – 3rd September, 2015. 
Okafor, B. O. (2016). Assessment of Professional Quantity Surveyors in Repositioning Nigeria Technological Education in the 21st Century – 17th October, 2016 at ASUP Conference.
Okafor, B. O. (2017). Entrepreneurship as an Effective Tool for Management of Security and National Development – 8th – 11th May, 2017 at 6th National Conference of School of Environmental Studies. 
Okafor, B. O. (2017). The Quantity Surveyor’s Perspective of the Opportunities and Challenges of Development for Economic Recovery and Environmental Sustainability in Nigeria – 25th – 27th July, 2017 at 5th National Conference of FES, The Polytechnic, Ibadan. 
Okafor, B. O. (2017). Comparative Review of the Roles of Quantity Surveyors in the Built Environment during Economic Recession in Nigeria at 11th Conference of School of Management Studies, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, 28th – 30th November, 2017.
Okafor, B. O. (2018). The Effects of Resource Management on Productivity of Site Workers in Lagos, Nigeria in SMART-MINDS 2018, Book of Proceedings, Vol. 13 Series 3 at 11th SMART-ISTEAMS International Multidisciplinary Conference Series at Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos.
Okafor, B. O. (2019). Assessment of Contingency Sum on Construction Project Delivery in Lagos, Nigeria at 7th National Conference of School of Environmental Studies, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, 23rd – 26th April, 2019.

 

Summary of Profile

OKAFOR, Benjamin Onourah is a Principal Lecturer of the Department of Quantity Surveying, The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro. He holds an HND form IMT, Enugu and equally holds B.Scs in Quantity Surveying and Estate Management from ESUT, Enugu. He has a Masters Degree in Construction Management from University of Lagos. He is a member of Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (MNIQS), a Registered Quantity Surveyor with the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN). He is equally a member of Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB). He is currently the Head of Department of Quantity Surveying at The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State.