Two OAU professors appointed as VCs of newly established universities

TWO professors from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife have been appointed as pioneering Vice Chancellors (VCs) for Eko University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Lagos State and Atiba University, located in Oyo State, by their respective governing councils.

This was contained in a press release issued on Thursday by the Public Relations (PRO) of the institution, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju and made available to the Nigerian Tribune in Osogbo

According to the release, “two professors from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, have been appointed as Vice Chancellors of two newly established Universities.”

It reads, “Professor Muheez Alani Durosinmi, of the Department of Haematology and Immunology in the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, was appointed as the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Eko University of Medicine and Health Sciences; Professor Sola Ehindero, of the Department of Education, Faculty of Education was appointed as the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Atiba University, Oyo, Oyo State.

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While describing the newly appointed Vice Chancellors as round pegs in round holes, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, the incumbent VC of OAU, Ile – Ife, implored them to “use their wealth of experience as seasoned academics of international standing to make their respective university a citadel of intellectualism where students would be grounded in sound morals and academic excellence”

“Attesting to their administrative and academic competence to run their universities, Professor Ogunbodede said only academics of unquestionable credentials like Professors Ehindero and Durosinmi could be appointed as pioneer VCs because their sound moral compass and native intelligence would be massively deployed to vigorously navigate their Universities to an enviable harbour”.

“Professor Ogunbodede, then, pledged the readiness of his administration to assist the newly appointed VCs so that, as ambassadors of Great Ife, their pioneering efforts will record grandiloquent breakthrough”, the release added, just as he prayed that God will grant them divine wisdom and knowledge in their new assignments and wished them a successful tenure.