By our Reporter
Professor Kolawole Salako, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State has bowed out of office after the completion of his five-year tenure.
Mr Salako, who was appointed the institution’s substantive Vice-Chancellor of the university on 1st November, 2017, completed his tenure on Monday.
Meanwhile, following the ratification of the Governing Council and the Senate of the university, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Development, Olusola Kehinde, has assumed office in acting capacity.
Mr Kehinde, a Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics, attended University of Ibadan where he obtained a B.Sc Degree in Agricultural Biology, Second Class Honours, in 1987; M.Sc in 1990 and a PhD in 1994.
He began his lecturing career at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in March, 1994 as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Technology, and rose through the ranks to become a professor in 2007.
Mr Kehinde has served the University in various capacities including as Dean, College of Plant Science and Crop Production; Director, Institute For Human Resources and Development (INHURD), and member, FUNAAB Governing Council.
He was also a visiting lecturer at the Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic.
The new acting vice-chancellor served as member of the National Technical Working Group (Agriculture) of the Vision 2020 as well as the Study Group that reorganised the National Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank into the Bank of Agriculture.