The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Nigeria, has created history as it announced Professor Adenike Temidayo Oladiji as its first female Vice-Chancellor.
The Professor and Biochemist at the University of Ilorin, Oladiji, was chosen as the eighth substantive VC of the 41- year old university.
While talking about the selection process, the Chairman and Pro-Chancellor, Governing Council, FUTA, Ambassador Godknows lgali, stated the process was meticulous, transparent and orderly.
At first, the council shortlisted twenty candidates out of the twenty-nine that applied for the same position as per the stated criteria.
The criteria of selection were also followed rigidly by the Board of Selection to arrive at three candidates as per the merit.
Igali said while talking about the first female vice-chancellor, “It is definitely a well-deserved appointment. In a sector mainly dominated by male folks, it is highly admirable that you could prove your mettle and appear at the top. You, therefore, require to hit the ground running and work assiduously to not only sustain but enhance upon the recent rating of the university.”
“You need to deliver exemplary leadership and bring harmony among the different sectors of the university. You will have to exceed the achievements of your predecessors in terms of academic and infrastructural development,” he further said.
He also advised the new Vice-Chancellor to prioritise the university members’ welfare while motivating her to take part in the pantheon of great women administrators in the tertiary education system in Nigeria, which that started by the late Professor Grace Alele-Williams in 1985 and is today kept active by your colleagues in the University of Calabar, University of Benin, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Adamawa State University, Lagos State University and even in private universities such as Michael and Cecelia Ibru University, Chrisland University and Afe Babalola University.
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