Professor John Lekan Oyefara is a Professor of Sociology, Demography, Population Health and Social Research at the University of Lagos (UNILAG); Chair, Demography and Population Studies (DPS) Unit, Department of Sociology, (UNILAG); former Head of Department (HOD) of Sociology, UNILAG; Group Leader/Coordinator, UNILAG Demography, Population Studies and Health Research Group (UDPSHRG); Chairman, Faculty of Social Sciences Research Committee (FSSRC); Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Population and Development Studies (JPDS), (UNILAG). His areas of research include fertility, mortality, migration, nuptiality, family planning, aging, gender studies, and public and reproductive/family health including HIV/AIDS. He has worked for over twenty years in the university and development sector with local and international organizations in and outside Nigeria. He is an erudite scholar and a recipient of various research grants and fellowships within and outside Nigeria. The most recent grant is the National Research Funds (NRF) Grant from TETFund, Abuja, Nigeria on Migration Dynamics and Development in Nigeria. Professor Oyefara has authored over ninety (90) articles in local and foreign learned journals and books.

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