He holds a PhD in Construction Management in 2012 from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth-South Africa. His PhD thesis was titled “strategies for sustainable housing co-operatives in South Africa”. He has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at his home country in Nigeria where he has put in more than 10 years of teaching experience, over 30 refereed journal publications and over 15 conference proceedings at both local and international fora. He has supervised to completion 17 MTech students and 42 BTech students. He is a reviewer for many journals.