The Governing Council of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State has approved the appointments of Olubunmi Elewodalu as the Registrar and Alhaja Basirat Akintunde as the Polytechnic Librarian respectively.
This was contained in a statement in Abeokuta on Thursday by the Head, Public Relations and Protocol, Yemi Ajibola.
Ajibola said both appointments take retrospective effect from December 22, 2022 for a single non-renewable term of five years.
He noted that Elewodalu became the sixth and second female Registrar to be appointed.
She succeeds Emmanuel Adeleye, who retired on December 21 and is the first Registrar of the polytechnic to hail from Remo region of Ogun State.
According to the statement, Elewodalu joined the services of the polytechnic as an Administrative Officer I in 1996 and rose through the ranks.
It added: “Until her appointment, she was the Deputy Registrar, Academic Affairs Division I of the polytechnic, the post she held since 2019.
“Mrs Olubunmi Elewodalu is a 1992 graduate of Mass Communication from the University of Maiduguri, Borno state.
“She attended the prestigious University of Ibadan for masters in Managerial Psychology and Educational Management in 2008 and 2019 respectively.
“Mrs. Olubunmi Elewodalu is happily married to a seasoned Journalist Mr. Austine Elewodalu.”
According to the polytechnic’s spokesman, Akintunde, a Chartered Librarian, licensed by Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria, joined the services of the Polytechnic as Librarian I in 2002.
The statement added: “She had her first degree (Bachelor of Arts ) in Islamic Studies at the University of Ilorin in 1992 and proceeded to the University of Ibadan for her Masters in Library and Information Studies in 2001.
“Presently, Mrs Akintunde is a Ph.D student of Information Resources Management at Babcock University in Ilishan Remo, Ogun state.
“Until her appointment, she was the Acting Head of the Polytechnic’s Library.
“Mrs Akintunde is happily married to Alhaji K. A. Akintunde.”