Obafemi Awolowo University has officially announced Prof Ayobami Salami as Vice Chancellor of the institution, this is despite protests by workers.
Read their statement below



"The Governing Council, at its Special meeting
held on June 6, 2016, considered the report of the
Joint Council and Senate Selection Board for the
appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor for the
University and decided to appoint Professor
Ayobami Taofeek Salami as the eleventh Vice-
Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile
– Ife, for a term of five years with effect from
June 24, 2015.
Professor Ayobami Salami, aged 52, hails from
Ibadan, specifically from Akinyele Local
Government Area in Oyo Central Senatorial
District, Oyo State, Nigeria.
He attended the following higher educational
institutions:
University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo
University), Ile-Ife – 1982 – 1986
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 1987 – 1989
African Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace
Surveys – 1989 – 1990
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife – 1992 –
1996
He possesses the following qualifications:
Sc (Geography) 1986
Sc (Land Use and Natural Resources
Management) 1989
PGD (Remote Sensing Applications/GIS) 1990
D (Space Applications and Land Use/Natural
Resources Management) 1996
Professor Salami joined the services of the
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife as a Research
Fellow II in the Institute of Ecology and
Environmental Studies on 1st February, 1991. He
rose through the ranks to the grade of Professor
on 1st October, 2003.
He had served as the Director, Institute of
Ecology and Environmental Studies of the
University (2006 – 2010) and Head, Space
Applications and Environmental Science
Laboratory (2005 till date). He is currently the
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) since 1st
August, 2011.
Professor Salami had also served as a Member of
the Senate of the Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, from 2003 till date after having served as
an Elected Member from 1996 – 2000. In
addition, he had served as a Member of the
University Governing Council from 2003 – 2007
and had at various times, served on several
committees in the University either as Member or
Chairman.
Professor Salami has to his credit, several
university, national and international fellowships,
honours, awards and consultancies. He had also
served as a Member of the Accreditation Panel of
the National Universities Commission to various
universities in Nigeria at different times.
Professor Salami has obtained numerous grants
from several organizations such as National
Space Research and Development Agency
(NASRDA), Abuja; Nigerian Maritime
Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA);
Ecological Fund Office, Office of Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, The Presidency,
Abuja; National Centre for Remote Sensing, Jos;
International Institute for Geo-Information Science
and Earth Observation (ITC), The Netherlands;
International Secretariat of System Analysis for
Research and Training- International Geosphere-
Biosphere Programme (IGBP), Washington D.C.;
UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission; United Nations Development
Program (UNDP); United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP); International Centre for
Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy; Ramboll
Natura AB, Sweden; European Union (EU);
International Development Research Centre
(IDRC); and International Steering Committee for
Global Mapping (ISCGM), Japan among others.
An Eisenhower Fellow (USA) since 2009,
Professor Salami has supervised the thesis of 7
Ph.D. and 31 M.Sc. degree students in the
University and is currently supervising 3 Ph.D.
students. He has served as an External Examiner
to several foreign and Nigerian Universities.
He delivered the 220th Inaugural Lecture of the
University titled “Space Applications and
Ecological Haemorrhage: The Nigerian Experience”
in 2009. Professor Ayobami Salami has 75
publications to his credit in Books, Journals,
Conference Proceedings and Technical Papers.
A renowned Professor of Space Applications and
Environmental Studies, Professor Ayobami Salami
is married to Professor (Mrs.) Abiodun Olusola
Salami and they are blessed with children."

Sgd
O. Awoyemi
Registrar and Secretary to Council


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