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The newly appointed Vice Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Prof. Tomola Obamuyi, will assume office on Wednesday, as the tenure of the incumbent Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olugbenga Ige, comes to an end today.
Prof. Obamuyi will officially resume office as the seventh substantive Vice Chancellor of the university.
According to a statement signed by the Deputy Registrar, Information, Protocol and Public Relations of the institution, Victor Akinpelumi, on Tuesday, the take-over ceremony would hold at the University Multipurpose Hall.
It would be recalled that Prof. Obamuyi’s appointment was approved by the Ondo State Governor and Visitor to the University, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, after the selection process.
He emerged as the preferred candidate among 15 distinguished academics interviewed by the Joint Council and Senate Selection Board.
Obamuyi is a Professor of Finance with over three decades of academic experience and holds a Ph.D. in Management Science from the Federal University of Technology, Akure (2005) and a Certificate in Financial Technology from the New York University Stern School of Business (2019).
The statement further revealed that the new Vice-Chancellor has supervised 34 M.Sc. and Ph.D. candidates to completion and served as External Examiner for 223 postgraduate oral examinations across Nigeria, South Africa, and India.
He has also been an External Assessor for 88 professorial appointments in various universities.
The statement by Akinpelu, who is also the Head, Radio AAUA 90.3 FM, reads: “His administrative pedigree is equally impressive. A founding stakeholder of AAUA since its transition in December 1999, he has served as Acting Head, Department of Banking and Finance, and Director of Linkages and International Programmes at AAUA.
“He later became the first substantive Dean of the School of Management Technology at FUTA (2015–2019) and Director of the University Advancement Centre (2019–2022). He has also held Visiting Professorships at the University of Lagos, Lagos State University of Science and Technology, and Redeemer’s University, Ede.
“Professor Obamuyi has attracted and executed numerous research grants, including TETFund National Research Fund projects and USAID-sponsored studies.
“He is the author of over 80 scholarly publications and has presented papers at international conferences across 13 countries.
His scholarly excellence has earned him the prestigious award of “Best Professor of Banking and Finance in Africa” by the Africa Education Leadership Awards in Mauritius (2015). In 2018, he delivered the 99th Inaugural Lecture at FUTA, titled “Finance, Entrepreneurship and Institutions: The Triple Helix for Nigeria’s Economic Growth.” A Festschrift was published in his honour in 2019.
“Professor Obamuyi is a Fellow of the Association of Entrepreneurship Scholars (AES) and the Nigerian Society for Financial Research, and holds professional membership in the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (Honorary Senior Member), the Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered), the Fintech Association of Nigeria, and other reputable bodies.
“The University warmly welcomes Professor Obamuyi as a visionary scholar-administrator whose global exposure, research depth, and institutional memory are expected to further advance AAUA’s trajectory of excellence.”
The varsity’s management, therefore, invited members of the University community, alumni, stakeholders, and the general public to witness the ceremony.
