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Town Planner (TPl.) Waheed Ayinla Kadiri (born February 19, 1951) is a former president of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (2006 - 2008) and former rector of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (1998 - 2006), Ojere, Abeokuta, was born to the family of Alhaji Wahab. J. Kadiri and Alhaja Saratu A. Kadiri at Atan Ota in the present Ado - Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Education
For his primary education, he attended Nawair - Ud - Deen Primary School, Atan, Ota from 1956 - 1961. His secondary school education began at Iganmode Grammar School, Ota in 1962 and later at U. C. A. Grammar School now Ikeja Grammar School, Oshodi from 1963 - 1968. The Ibadan Polytechnic was the next point of call where he studied Town & Country Planning from 1969 - 1972 and graduated with distinction. The quest for further education in Town Planning took him to the Glasgow School of Arts, Glasgow Scotland, where he studied from 1974 - 1977 and graduated top of his class. Later, he bagged a masters degree in Transport Studies from the Ogun State University now Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago - Iwoye, Ogun State in 1995.

Career
TPl. Waheed Kadiri worked as an Assistant Technical Officer (Planning) with the Lagos State Ministry of Works and Planning from 1972 - 1974. Between 1979 - 1981, he worked at Enplan Group, Lagos in the capacity of a Town Planner. He took his expertise to Plurtran Ltd., Lagos where he worked between 1981 -1984, rising to the position of Executive Director along the way. His love for academics took him to Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (Mapoly) in 1984 where he began from the post of Lecturer 1 and rose to that of Chief Lecturer in 1995. He was the Head of Department, Town & Regional Planning (Urban & Regional Planning), Mapoly from 1988 - 1993, Director, School of Engineering & Environmental Sciences from 1989 - 1993, Director, Poly Consult from 1993 - 1995, Deputy Rector from 1995 - 1998, Rector and Member of Council from 1998 - 2006.

In the academic sphere of his life, he had been involved in the training of upcoming Town Planners through formal and non-formal means. He had supervised many dissertations at the school and professional institute’s examinations. He was an external assessor to some polytechnics including his alma mater – The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro amongst others. He had also taken part in the accreditation of Town Planning Programmes and the development of curriculum exercises by both the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC). He had edited 3 books in the area of Urban, Regional and Transportation Planning. TPl. Waheed Kadiri has to his credit about 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals and about 25 chapters in books. Apart from these, he has over 30 Conference Papers, presented at local, national and international fora, to his credit. He had also delivered over 20 lectures as an invited Lecturer/Speaker. He had delivered conference papers and lectures in South Africa, Ghana, Benin Republic, Netherlands and Portugal.