Tayo Akeem Yusuf is a trained chemist and chemical engineer. He had a stint in the then Environmental Assessment Division of Federal Ministry of Works & Housing (Now Federal Ministry of Environment) as a scientific officer, from December 1989 to March 1996. As an environmental scientist and grassroots environmentalist, he has since 1996 been promoting and catalysing primary environmental care (PEC) at local levels. He has contributed immensely to educating and motivating local communities to get involved in the effort to protect the natural environment.He was instrumental in the non-violent native agitation leading to successful rejection of the ill-planned hazardous waste management project proposed by Shell for construction and operation in Etche, Rivers state, Nigeria.