The Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has constituted a Visitation Panel for the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo.
The panel, chaired by Prof. Gbenga Olumekun, is tasked with examining various aspects of the university’s operations.
This was contained in a statement signed by Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State.
According to the statement, the panel’s terms of reference include examining the state of compliance with university statutes and approved programmes of study, financial management, staff development programmes, and industrial relations amongst management, staff, and students.
The panel has six weeks to submit its report. Meanwhile, Governor Aiyedatiwa has approved the appointment of Prof. Ebuoluwa Aderonke Adejuyigbe as the new Vice Chancellor of UNIMED.
Her appointment follows the recommendation of the Governing Council of the institution.
As contained in the statement, “A Professor of Paediatrics, Adejuyigbe, who hails from Akoko North East local government area of the State, is the current Executive Director of the Central Office of Research of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife and a Consultant Paediatician at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital. She is a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Medicine, former Dean of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, OAU and is the Vice-President of the African Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Co-Chair of the National Child Health Technical Working Committee.”
Prof. Adejuyigbe will assume office as the VC after the submission of the report of the Visitation Panel. In the meantime, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration and Clinical Services, Prof. Adolphus Odogun Loto, is to take charge as the Acting Vice Chancellor pending the assumption of office of the newly appointed VC.
