Ajimobi appoints Ibidapo-Obe chair of Ibadan tech varsity council

Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has appointed a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe as the pioneer pro-chancellor and chairman of the Governing Council of the Technical University, Ibadan. The appointment was announced through a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Olalekan Alli, in Ibadan, yesterday.

Also appointed as council members were the Chairman, First Bank Nigeria Plc (FBN), Mrs. Ibukun-Oluwa Awosika; a professor of Agriculture Engineering at the University of Ibadan (UI), Abimbola Sangodoyin; and Executive Vice Chairman, Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy, Dr. Tunji Olaopa.

Also included on the eight-member list are an oil magnate, Mr. Doye Ayoola; a former Managing Director of FBN, Mr. Jacob Ajekiigbe; and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnership, UI, Prof. Olanike Adeyemo.

The rest are a lecturer at the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, UNILAG, Dr. Adetona Oladejo and Dr. Mariam AbdulraheemMustapha of the Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin.

Alli said that the governing council members were appointed for a period of four years.

The Technical University, a public-private initiative, was established in 2012 and had commenced academic activities.