Environmental Professionals: Episode 27 with Peter Ikyapa (Environmental Assessments in Nigeria)

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Happy to introduce Episode 27 of Environmental Professionals. This episode is about environmental assessments in Nigeria. Peter Tertese Ikyapa is from Benue state, North-Central Nigeria. He acquired a bachelor's degree in Geography 2014, at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. Then he proceeded to Bayero University Kano (BUK) where he obtained Master's of Science degree in Environmental Management in 2019 all in Nigeria. He had six months industrial training at the Benue State ministry of Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals Makurdi prior to the 11 months of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano where he thought Geography in high school. Aside the environmental advocacy services which he renders occasionally with his team at GreenTip Environmental innitiative, he conducts EIA, EA, & EMP's where he gets to analyze data about soil, water & air pollution in order to propose actions and policies that are less harmful to the environment & people's health. Part of the work he does as a freelancer is to conduct research for organisations that need his services. One of the recent research he did was the World Bank sponsored research on "the sustainability and skill acquisition ecosystem in Nigeria" under the umbrella of Academy of Learning Nigeria (ALN). At present, he is working on "E-Waste Management in Nigerian Cities: a case study of Kano Metropolis" where he hopes to explore the trend, Challenges & opportunities in electronic waste Management in his country. You can reach him on: Twitter & Instagram; @IT_PeterZ Facebook & LinkedIn; @Peter Tertese Ikyapa