EKSU VC emerges Vice-Chancellors chairman

The Vice-chancellor of Ekiti State University, Professor Samuel Oye Bandele has been unanimously appointed as the chairman of the committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian State-Owned Universities (CVCSUN)

The appointment was made during the just concluded 33rd edition of the association’s conference which held at Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State where Bandele was represented by EKSU Deputy Vice-chancellor (Academic), Prof. Olubunmi Ajayi.

Bandele succeeds Prof. Doknan Sheni, former Vice-chancellor of Plateau State University, Bokkos who has since retired.

The new chairman, who did not attend the meeting because of an official engagement elsewhere, received the news with a pledge of commitment to lift the association to greater heights.

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Observers believe that the appointment of the EKSU Vice-chancellor is an attestation to the visibility of Ekiti State University, the leadership quality and the good performance of Professor Bandele among his peers.

Bandele, the 7th substantive Vice-chancellor of Ekiti State University had earlier served as the Acting Chairman of the Association following the disengagement of the former chairman Prof. Doknan Sheni of the Plateau State University.

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