Governing Council For Newly Established Varsity In Ekiti |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointment of members of the Governing Council of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti.

A statement on Friday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, stated that the nine member council has  legal luminary,

Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), as Chancellor.

A former Provost of the State’s College of Education which was upgraded to a University, Chief Afolabi Ojuawo, is the Pro- Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council.

Other members are Prof Kola Oladunjoye,  Mr S. I. Folorunso, Otunba Kunle Ajayi, Mrs Jumoke Adamolekun.

Others are Chief (Mrs) Moni Afuye, Dr Segun Aina, and Dr Adelana  Adeleye – Olusae

The appointments take  immediate effect.

The Executive Bill for the upgrade of the State College of Education, Ikere, to a University status, was passed in 2020 by the House of Assembly.

The University was named after the late civilian Governor of old Ondo state, Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua, an indigene of the town.