By Tolulope Eniola
Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has approved the appointment of Professor Tomola Marshal Obamuyi as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA).
The appointment was announced in a statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, on Friday.
The appointment followed the due recommendation of the Governing Council of the institution, in line with the University’s Act and extant regulations.
The Council, chaired by Dr. Tunji Abayomi, had recommended Prof. Obamuyi for the position after he emerged first among 15 candidates interviewed by the Joint Council and Senate Selection Board of the institution.
Professor Obamuyi, a distinguished scholar of Banking and Finance, will succeed the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olugbenga Ige.
Professor Obamuyi has held several significant academic and administrative positions, including Head of the Department of Banking and Finance at AAUA, and the first substantive Dean of the School of Management Technology at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA).
He was awarded the “Best Professor of Banking and Finance in Africa for 2015” by the Africa Education Leadership Awards, Mauritius. He also served as a member of National Universities Commission programme accreditation teams, as well as Chairperson and Subject Expert of the Review Panel for the National Council for Higher Education in Namibia.
He has presented conference papers in Finland, the United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, Ireland, Ghana, Zambia, Uganda, Ethiopia, India and the United States of America.
Obamuyi will bring to the office decades of academic excellence, administrative experience and a strong record of research and institutional development.
Governor Aiyedatiwa expressed confidence that Professor Obamuyi’s wealth of experience would consolidate the gains recorded by AAUA and take the university to greater heights in teaching, research and community service.
The Governor urged the new Vice-Chancellor to uphold the core values of AAUA while fostering peace, innovation and collaboration among staff, students and stakeholders.
He further assured that the Ondo State Government remains committed to providing the necessary support for AAUA to maintain its status as one of Nigeria’s leading state universities.
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