A new Vice Chancellor has been appointed for the University of Ibadan. He is Professor Olamakinde Olapegba, the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of the institution.
Olapegba, from the Department of Psychology of the university, succeeds the 13th Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kayode Adebowale, whose five-year tenure will end on November 1.
The announcement of Adepegba as the new Vice-Chancellor by the Governing Council of the institution followed a competitive selection process involving eight professors.
The appointment was announced on Wednesday, July 22, by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Chief Bisi Akande, shortly after the council approved the recommendation of the Joint Council-Senate Selection Board.
Akande said the process for appointing a new Vice-Chancellor commenced in line with the provisions of the University Act ahead of the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent Vice-Chancellor.
According to the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), advertisements inviting applications for the position were published in April this year in three national newspapers and six professors applied.
He added that the Governing Council subsequently constituted a search team, as required by law, to identify other qualified candidates who might not have applied, a move that yielded two additional applications and brought the total number of candidates to eight.
Akande disclosed that the council interacted with all eight candidates on Tuesday, July 21, during which members independently assessed and scored them using approved guidelines.
He said the exercise produced five shortlisted candidates for the final stage of the selection process.
He added that the Joint Council-Senate Selection Board interviewed the five shortlisted candidates on Wednesday before recommending Professor Olapegba as the best candidate.
“It is, therefore, my pleasure to present to you the 14th Vice-Chancellor of this great University, the University of Ibadan, Professor Peter Olamakinde Olapegba. We wish him success in his tenure,” he said.
