McPherson University appoints Kolade Chancellor

The management of McPherson University (McU), Ogun State, has appointed  former Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Christopher Kolade, as the institution’s new Chancellor. At the unveiling ceremony held in Lagos, Visitor to the University and General Overseer, Foursquare Gospel Church, Rev. Felix Meduoye said the appointment of Kolade was predicated on his […]

The management of McPherson University (McU), Ogun State, has appointed  former Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Christopher Kolade, as the institution’s new Chancellor.
At the unveiling ceremony held in Lagos, Visitor to the University and General Overseer, Foursquare Gospel Church, Rev. Felix Meduoye said the appointment of Kolade was predicated on his many years of services to the nation and the integrity  which he  deployed in handling all assigned responsibilities.
According to Meduoye, when the search for the new Chancellor began after the death of the former Olu of Warri, King Godwin Edomi Ogiame Atuwatse II, who was the pioneer Chancellor of the institution, Kolade matched all the criteria being considered for the appointment.
The varsity’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adeniyi Agunbiade, also expressed optimism that the appointment of the new Chancellor will help the institution in achieving its mission which is “to provide qualitative, functional and sound education with Godly virtues that will prepare men and women for leadership and positive impact on the society.”
Born on December 28, 1932, Christopher Kolade attended   Christ’s Secondary School, Ado-Ekiti (1944-45) before proceeding to Government College, Ibadan (1946-51).  He had his university education at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone and graduated at the top of his class with a Bachelor of Arts in 1954 and a Diploma in Education in 1955.  He bagged honorary doctorate degree of the University in Civil Law in 1976.
Kolade once served  as Director on the Board of Cadbury Nigeria from 1978.  He became Chief Executive of the company in 1984 and Chairman of the Board in 1993 before he retired from the Board in February, 2002. In March, 2002, Dr, Kolade was appointed Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the Court of St. James in the UK, a position from which he retired in July 2007.
Between 1995 and 2002, he was on the faculty of the Lagos Business School as Lecturer in Corporate Governance, Leadership and Human Resource Management.
On leaving the diplomatic post in the UK, he returned to the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic (formerly Pan-African) University, as Senior Fellow with teaching and research interest in Corporate Governance and Leadership.
In February 2009, he was appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the university, a position from which he retired in February 2015. He has served as Chairman, Board of Trustees, of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, since 2006.