The Governing Council of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has announced the appointment of a professor of Soil Ecosystem and renowned scholar, Joshua Ogunwole, as the Vice Chancellor.
Ogunwole, hitherto the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Strategic Partnerships, Research, Innovation, and Linkages, will assume office in February, succeeding Prof. Abayomi Fasina as the fifth substantive VC.
A statement yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, by the institution’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Foluso Ogunmodede, said the appointment was ratified during a council meeting held yesterday under the chairmanship of the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN).
Addressing the council members, Ndoma-Egba expressed satisfaction that the selection process had come to a successful end.
He urged stakeholders to shun rancour and unite behind the new VC in the interest of the university’s progress.
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