16 professors are jostling to become the next vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan. Photo credit: University of Ibadan, UI Source: UGC In the past months, the process of electing the institution’s VC had been marred with allegations and a series of crises due to clashes and misunderstandings between various interest groups, The Nation reported. It was gathered that indigenes of Ibadan land under the aegis of Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), Muslim groups, and a group clamouring for a female VC have all insisted that it was time for each of them to produce the next vice-chancellor.
in this piece lists the candidates who want to take over the mantle of leadership.
1.Professor Babatunde Ekanola of the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, acting VC
2. Professor Kayode Oyebode Adebowale of the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science;
3. Professor Aderemi Raji-Oyelade of the Department of English, Faculty of Arts
4. Professor Adeyinka Abideen Aderinto of the Department of Sociology
5. Professor Emiola Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa of the College of Medicine 6. Professor Temitope Alonge of the University College Hospital (UCH)
7. Professor George Olusegun Ademowo of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic, Faculty of Basic Medical Science
8. Professor Kolawole Clement Olusegun Olaniran, Department of Teacher Education
9. Professor Ganiyu Adesola Aderounmu
10. Professor Ebenezer Farombi of Biochemistry
11. Professor Hakeem Babatunde Faweyinmi of the University of Port Harcourt READ ALSO List of top 20 best Nigerian universities in 2021 emerges
12. Professor Rasaq Olatunde Kalilu of the department of Fine and Applied Arts, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso
13. Professor Anthony Kolawole
14. Professor Oladele Layiwola of the Institute of African Studies
15. Professor Nazeem Oluwafemi Mimiko of the department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University
16. Professor Babatunde Salako
