GOVERNOR MAKINDE APPROVES MRS SALAWU AS POLY’BADAN DEPUTY RECTOR

Press Council TPI 12 January 2024 2 min read

By: Ajayi Toyyib Olabamiji

The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of Mrs SALAWU, Olaide Oluwatoyin as the Deputy Rector of The Polytechnic, Ibadan.

This was contained in a statement from the Institution issued by the Registrar, Mrs Modupe Theresa Fawale and signed on her behalf by the Public Relations Officer, Mogaji Soladoye Adewole, yesterday, the 11th of January, 2024.

“Following your victory at the Deputy Rectorship election held on Wednesday, 25th October, 2023 along with ratification of same by the Board of Studies and approval by the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology on behalf of the Governor of Oyo State vied a letter with Reference Number C.2479/36 dated 10th January, 2024, I am pleased to convey your appointment as the Deputy Rector of the Institution for a tenure of two(2) years”, the statement noted.

Hence, by the virtue of the position, the Deputy Rector Mrs Salawu Olaide, will be responsible to the Rector for the day-to-day administration of the Institution and as the Rector may assign duties to her.

However, the appointment takes retrospective effect from 1st November, 2023 and terminates on 31st October, 2025. The position of the Deputy Rector became vacant when the then Deputy Rector, Mrs Olubunmi Olubamiwa completed her two-term tenure.

The 13th Deputy Rector, Mrs Salawu Olaide Oluwatoyin(Nee Alade), an Indigene of Ibadan, Oyo State was born over 50 years ago. She joined the services of The Polytechnic, Ibadan on 20th September, 1993 as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Mrs Salawu rose through the ranks to the position of Chief Lecturer, the highest academic position attainable within the Polytechnic system in October, 2010 and has held several positions of responsibilities within the Institution which ranged from Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics to the Dean Faculty of Science (2013-2017). She was also the Chairman, Sports Advisory Committee of the Institution from 2017 to 2021.