Education

Makinde Appoints Dr. Taiwo Lasisi as Ibadan Poly Acting Rector

By Web News 1690

By Iyabo Adebisi

Oyo State Governor, Engineer ‘Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of Dr. Taiwo Abideen Lasisi as Acting Rector of the Ibadan Polytechnic. 

This is contained in a statement signed by the state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Salihu Adelabu. 

The statement states that Dr. Taiwo Lasisi is to serve in an acting capacity for six months with the effectiveness of 25th March 2024 to 25th September 2024.

The governor explained that the appointment became imperative following the expiration of the tenure of Prof Kazeem Adebiyi on 24th March 2024.

He said that the government looks forward to his hard work, diligence, and professionalism in realizing its mission for the institution.

Dr. Lasis,is a committed academic with wide experience in applied sciences with special skills in Statistics for national development.

He received a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Statistics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a Doctorate of Philosophy Degree in Statistics (Time Series Analysis) from the University of Botswana, Botswana, South Africa.

He has very significant experience working in the administration of academic units in tertiary institutions. 

He was a former Dean of Student Affairs and Director of the Academic Planning and Control Unit at the Polytechnic Ibadan, among other administrative responsibilities that he has upheld in my academic career.

He lectured at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology as an acting Head of the Department of Statistics to date. 

He belongs to two foremost social cultural groups in Ibadan, the Ibadan Solidarity Group(ISG) and Ibadan Action Council(IAC), both are affiliates of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes(CCII).

He is happily married and blessed with children.

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Ibadan Polytechnic Lecturer, 3 Others Die in Fatal Car Accident

By Web News 1035

A lecturer at the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State, Architect Kola Oladunjoye has died in a motor accident along the Moniya-Iseyin Road.

DAILY POST gathered on Friday that Oladunjoye, who is the immediate past Head of Department of Architecture in the institution died on Thursday along with three others whose identities have not been made public yet.

Sources hinted DAILY POST that Oladunjoye and three others were coming from Saki town before the fatal accident that occurred at Odo Ogun bridge on Thursday.

It was learnt that Oladunjoye and the trio went to Oke Ogun polytechnic, Saki for an official assignment.

A source said that apart from Oladunjoye, the three other occupants of the vehicle driven by Oladunjoye were TETFUND officials, though the identities have not been ascertained as at the time of filing this report on Friday.

A source said, “They are Tetfund officials who were on official assignment at The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki. The team also included a staff of The Polytechnic Ibadan.”

A staff of the Polytechnic Ibadan who spoke on the condition of anonymity said, “We identified Architect Kola Oladunjoye, our immediate past Head of Department of Architecture. He went to Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki for a programme. He went with his professional team

“We are yet to identify the others who may probably not be our staff. Sad, so sad but who are we to question God.

“It is very disheartening that poly Ibadan lost another GEM, yesterday in a fatal motor accident along Saki road in person of Architect Oladunjoye of Architecture Department. May his soul Rest In Peace.”

All efforts by DAILY POST to get a reaction from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state proved abortive.

Calls put through to the mobile phone of the FRSC Sector Commandant in the state, Mrs. Uche Winifred Chukwurah, were not successful.

An SMS sent to the Sector Commandant has not been replied to as at the time of filing this report on Friday.

However, Public Relations Officer of the Polytechnic Ibadan, Alhaji Soladoye Adewole confirmed the death of the immediate past HOD of Architecture, Mr. Kola Oladunjoye to DAILY POST on Friday.

Soladoye in a telephone conversation with DAILY POST said that the institution’s Rector, Professor Kazeem Adebiyi and the entire staff of the institution mourn the death of one of its best hands.

Soladoye said, “We have lost one of our best hands, a very cerebral fellow, who was until his death the Chairman of our due process. He was also the immediate past HOD of Architecture department.

“He was a fellow that relates with virtually everybody and loved by everyone.

“The Rector is so saddened, ditto for other management staff. The entire Polytechnic community, we are in entire deep morning. We also mourn the others even though, we have not been able to ascertain their identities. It is a sad development, but nobody can query God.”

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