The governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has appointed Professor (Mrs) Adenike Temidayo Oladiji as the eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University.
The Council presided over by the Pro-Chancellor, Chairman of Council, Ambassador (Dr.) Godknows Igali, ratified the appointment at its special meeting held on Thursday, May 12, 2022.
According to reports, at the commencement of the process, the Council shortlisted 20 candidates out of the 27 male and one female candidates that applied for the position for interview at the close of application for the post.
However, 19 candidates were interviewed with one of the shortlisted candidates failing to show up. At the end of the interview the Joint Council and Senate Selection Board recommended three candidates for appointment in line with extant regulations governing the process.
Because of the closeness of the score of the three recommended candidates with a diffrence of 0.1%, Council decided to put it to vote and Professor Oladiji came out top, hence her appointment.
A letter of appointment, personally signed by Ambassador Igali, said Oladiji’s appointment which takes effect from Tuesday May 24, 2022 is for a single term of five years.
Oladiji who becomes the first female VC of the federal government-owned in its 41 years of existence succeeds Professor Joseph Fuwape, whose term ends on Monday, May 23, 2022.
Before her appointment, Professor Oladiji was a lecturer at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin.
She is said to be prolific researcher with over 100 publications and has won many distinctions and awards which include University’s Merit Award, Certificate of Merit and scholarships among others.
Recall that ASUU and other unions had met with Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, on Thursday in a major move by the Federal Government to call of the ongoing strike action.
This was after the president, Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the unions to consider the plights of Nigeria students and return to class.
Academic activities at Nigeria’s public universities have been grounded since February 14 over as ASUU press home 2009 agreement implementation from the government.
