Oyo appoints VC for technical varsity

Oyo State government has appointed the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Prof. Ayobami Salami, as the pioneer vice-chancellor of its Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan.  A statement by the Secretary to the State Government,  Olalekan Alli, noted that Salami’s appointment was with immediate effect for a term of five years. Until […]

Oyo State government has appointed the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Prof. Ayobami Salami, as the pioneer vice-chancellor of its Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan. 

A statement by the Secretary to the State Government,  Olalekan Alli, noted that Salami’s appointment was with immediate effect for a term of five years.

Until his appointment, Salami was the director, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Studies at OAU. The statement added that the new Tech-U VC was a widely travelled scholar and internationally- sought after environmental consultant with previous teaching and research experience in University of the Gambia, The Gambia; University of Dar es Sallam, Tanzania and International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, The Netherlands.