New Registrar and Bursar assume office at Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti

Authorities of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti have approved the appointment of two new Principal Officers for the Institution.

The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti was established in accordance with Decree 33 of 1979 based on the Federal Polytechnics Act (Cap. i39) as amended by the Federal Polytechnics (Amendment) Decree No.5. of 1993.
The Polytechnic, located at Kilometre 8, Ado-Ikaree Road was established for the training of middle and high level technical manpower for the economy of the nation. The Institution caters for a large student population enrolled in full and part time programmes at the National Diploma and Higher National Diploma levels. The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) accredits all academic programmes the Institution runs.

The new officers, who assumed office on Monday, 12th December,2018 are Mrs. Kehinde Olaitan Ekanem as Registrar and Mr. John Kehinde Omodara as the Bursar.

The appointment of the Registrar and Bursar formed part of the highpoints of a recent meeting of the Governing Council, which upheld the results of the interview conducted recently for the two vacant positions in the Polytechnic.

The Registrar, Mrs K.O. Ekanem

The new Registrar, Mrs K.O. Ekanem, who was until her appointment, a Deputy Registrar in the Polytechnic, was born over 50 years ago in Kano. She is by marriage from Cross River State. Mrs Ekanem holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Languages from the University of Calabar, obtained in 1995, as well as a Master of Public Adminstration Degree from the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti in 2010.

The New Registrar and co workers

On his part, the new Bursar, Mr. John Kehinde Omodara, who until his appointment was a Deputy Bursar at the National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, was born 49 years ago in Ado-Ekiti. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy from the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, in 1995, a Post Graduate Diploma, in Financial Management in 2002, as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in from the Ekiti State University in 2005.

In a related development, the Rector, Dr. Dayo Oladebeye, while inaugurating the new Principal Officers at an emergency meeting of Management of the Institution, congratulated the new Registrar and Bursar for their gracious appointment.

Dr. Oladebeye, who unveiled the duo at the meeting, welcomed them to the Polytechnic Management Committee. He described their appointments as a welcome development and a call to service.

The appointment will be for a term of five (5) years in the first instance and may be renewed, subject to satisfactory performance, for another term of five (5) years and no more.

Congratulations to the New Registrar and the Bursar!