Between tomorrow, Wednesday, October 8 and Friday, October 10, The
Sun Publishing Publishing Limited, in collaboration with Delta State
government, will host in Asaba, the state capital, the first edition of
The Sun Women Leadership Summit (SWLS), to honour and celebrate the
Nigerian woman.
A statement signed by Sunny Ogefere, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, noted that the summit with the theme “The new woman, winning in a man’s world” is aimed at acknowledging the fact we all seem to forget or overlook: that the Nigerian woman has become “a force to be reckoned with in every sector of the economy while still holding the home front together and supporting the man.”
“It is a laudable initiative and we are partnering with The Sun to show that our women are not only willing to take up leadership roles but they are also determined to move the glass ceiling in spite of all odds traditional beliefs have stacked against them for centuries. Mr. President has given them great tasks and they have delivered,” said Uduaghan.
Prof. Mrs. E. I. Braide, VC, Fed. Univ., Lafia:
In the education sector, it is on this score, that we ask Prof. Mrs. Ekanem Ikpi Braide, Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Lafia (FUL), to step forward for recognition. In fact, for her is reserved a double honour as she had once served as Vice Chancellor, Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) Calabar (2003-2008). Born in Cross River State, on March 6, 1946, Prof. Braide holds a Bachelors degree in Zoology from the University of Ife, Masters and Doctorate degrees in Parasitology from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. She also holds a Certificate in Epidemiological Methods from Southampton University (British Council Course). A consultant to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and African Programme on Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, also a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Braide is a recipient of many professional awards among which is the esteemed Jimmy/Roslyn Carter Award for outstanding dedication and achievement in the eradication of guinea worm in Nigeria. With research focus on disease control particularly in operational research, impact assessment of interventions, rapid assessment methods in mapping diseases and community initiatives in disease control, she has presented papers in over 70 international conferences and has 48 research publications.
Prof. Mrs. O.O. Obilade, VC,
TASUED:
Prof. Oluyemisi Oluremi Obilade, Vice Chancellor, Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, born on November 14, 1958, in Ile-Ogbo, Osun State, and educated at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (where she obtained her Bachelors in Education, Master and doctorate degrees, in Adult Education), Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A and Judge Business School, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Obilade, and formerly of Department of Continuing Education, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, assumed duty as the third Vice Chancellor of TASUED in January 2013.
With research interests in sociology of adult education as it concerns women’s issues and rights (such as going to be discussed at The Sun Women Leadership Summit starting tomorrow), Prof. Obilade has, over the years, published some authoritative research papers in reputed international journals, on this area. They include “University Education and Wage Employment as Predictors of Women Empowerment in Nigeria” (co-written with Ogunrin, A.B and Aderinto, J.A, it was published in 2008 in The International Journal of Learning, Vol. 15, No.8.pp 105-112); “The Women’s Movement and Access to Education”, Adult Education in Nigeria (Journal of the NNCAE), co-written with Mejiuni, C.O and published in Vol 12, pp. 1-14, June 2006; “Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Promoting Gender Equity Through Affirmative Action in a Nigerian University”, C.D of Conference Proceedings, Gender and Positive Action: Empowering or Disabling, 2nd Biennial Women’s Studies Conference, Izmir Turkey; Izmir University of Economics (2008); Obilade,O.O. and Adelabu, M.A. (2009): “Balancing the Equation :Enhancing Women’s Access and Visibility in Tertiary Education Leadership in Nigeria” ,in Baytekin, B. et al (eds) Uluslararasi – Disiplinlerarasi Kadin Calismalari Kongresi, ,Sakarya Turkey, Sakarya University; “Strength from Within: Educating Women to Resist and Survive ‘Religiously Condoned’ Domestic Violence”, co-written with Mejiuni, C.O (2008) and published in Universidad Complutense Madrid (Spain) 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress, Women’s World 2008, Equity is not a Utopia and “The Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) Agenda and the Nigerian Development”, co-written with Aina, O.I (2008). and published in Universidad Complutense Madrid (Spain) 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress, Women’s World 2008, Equity is not a Utopia.
When Prof. Obilade, at resumption of duty, vowed to make TASUED, Nigeria’s model education university, “a world-class university with products that have global acceptability; a leader in cutting-edge research with prolific researchers publishing in ‘A’ list journals; a centre of excellence in knowledge production and dissemination and a reference point for best practices; an institution with more than adequate, stable and sustainable financial base; an institution characterised by peace, with good university governance and positive and productive interaction between the town and gown,” nobody had any doubt that she would with time, achieve these self-appointed goals she had set for herself. She is one of those women that are winning in a “man’s world.”
Prof. Rosemund Dienye Green-Osahogulu, VC, IAUE:
And so is Prof. Rosemund Dienye Green-Osahogulu, Vice Chancellor, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Born in Grand Bonny Kingdom on April 12, 1956, like Obilade, Prof. Green-Osahogulu has also reiterated her determination to ensure that IAUE, under her administration, becomes a world-class university. And, she is well on her way to achieving that, what with the reduction, under her watch, of cult activities and exam malpractices, among lecturers and students alike, and installation of security gadgets. In appreciation of her friendly disposition towards students’ academic welfare, she was, in May, last year, bestowed with a Golden Award of Excellence by the Niger Delta Students’ Union Government (NIDSUG). A year or so before this honour, she had been conferred with the prestigious fellowship of the Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM) in recognition of “her commitment to the vision of the institute and as an educationist and administrator par excellence.” In the course of her career, Prof. Green-Osahogulu, had, in conjunction with others, written a lot of research papers that helped in expanding the frontiers of knowledge in the field of education. They include, “A Turkish Profile of Prospective Elementary School Teachers and Their Views of Teaching” (co-written with Osah-Ogulu, Dele Joshua and Saban, A, a Turk) and “Integrated Science Teachers’ Instructional Competencies: An Empirical Survey in Rivers State of Nigeria,” which she co-wrote with Osah-gulu, Dele Joshua and published in Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy 29. No.2 (September 2003): 149-59 (The study which dwelt on the result of observation, by five science teacher educationists, of 30 teachers of integrated science in the junior secondary schools in Rivers State showed that while they were strongest in the “environmental category of competencies,” they were weakest in the “pedagogical category.” The implication, the paper noted, is that “intensive workshop retraining efforts should focus on improving teachers’ pedagogical competence”).
Prof. Margee M. Ensign, VC, AUN:
Prof. Margee M. Ensign, Vice Chancellor or President, American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa State is one woman you cannot ignore if you are talking about women who are “not only willing to take up leadership roles but are also determined to move the glass ceiling.” Ensign, the third President of the American University of Nigeria, (and the first female so far) earned her BA from New College in Florida, and her PhD in International Political Economy from the University of Maryland before beginning her administrative career at Columbia University, in New York City by combining roles of Professor of Politics & Economics with Director of the International Political Economy Program. Her relentless commitment to education and creative re-thinking of development has brought her international recognition such as the 2011 “African Leadership Award in Educational Excellence” conferred upon her in London by African Leadership magazine. A widely published scholar whose works focus primarily on the challenges of international development, as well as, on the implications of development assistance, some of her works include: Doing Good or Doing Well?: Japan’s Foreign Aid Program, and Images and Behavior of Private Bank Lending to Developing Countries. In 2010, she co-authored a book entitled: Rwanda: History and Hope, in which she and AUN Trustee and Tulane University, Prof. William Bertrand, documented Rwanda’s rebuilding efforts since 1994. She has also served as an adviser on genocide to a good number of African governments.
Prof. Comfort Ekpo, VC, UNIUYO:
Prof. (Mrs.) Comfort Memfin Ekpo, BLS, Ed, M.Ed (Zaria), and PhD (Wales) is the first female Vice Chancellor and fourth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO). A professor of Educational Technology, she started her university career in March 1981 through participation in part-time lecturing at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. Two years later, in January 1983, she was appointed Lecturer 111 at the then College of Education but which was later changed first to University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) and lastly, University of Uyo, in 1991. Prof. Ekpo was promoted to first Associate Professor in 1998 and three years later to Professor (the first female professor to be bestowed with such honour in the University of Uyo), on October 1, 2001 (as a matter of fact, this is her 13th year of being a professor). A member of eight professional bodies, Prof. Ekpo has produced eight instructional media packages and programmes for learning and has more than sixty publications including books, chapters of books, journal articles and monographs to her credit. Ekpo’s vision for UNIUYO as she once told the visiting Senate Committee on Education, led by Senator Uche Chukumerije, and for which she earnestly pleaded for grants and funding, is that of “working toward achieving academic excellence and improving its international ranking.”
Prof. Charity Angya, VC, BSU:
She is another woman you cannot but mention if you are talking of women at the helm of affairs in the education sector. The first female Vice Chancellor of Benue State University (BSU), Angya who read Theatre Arts at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), graduating in 1983, with a B.A, Second Class Upper Div. and a Masters and Ph.D (also in Theatre Arts), 1985 and 1988 respectively, from the University of Ibadan, besides some post-doctoral trainings in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dundee, Scotland and Senegal, started her academic career at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) with such position as Examination Officer, among others before relocating to BSU as Coordinator, Department of Theatre Arts, member Governing Council between 2004 and 2008, acting Vice Chancellor, 2005, Head of Department, Theatre Arts (2006-2010) before being elevated to the position of Vice Chancellor in January 2011. And, since then, she has proven herself to be a pacesetter in almost every area of administration – from infrastructure to paperwork. Her achievements include full refurbishment of students hostels, prompt procession of students’ results and documents for the compulsory NYSC national service, prompt release of results such that students now see their scores pasted on notice boards upon resumption for a new academic session and reduction in the sub-charge once imposed by the state government on students for damaging university property during a violent protest, some years ago. Angya, a holder of national merit award, Officer of Order of the Niger (OON), has her sight set on achieving more.
Prof. Cordelia Agbebaku, VC, AAU:
Prof. Cordelia Ainenehi Agbebaku, until her appointment, with effect from February 18, 2014, as the substantive Vice Chancellor, Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, had been the Acting Vice Chancellor, from May 2, 2011. Born in January 1961, in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government of Edo State, she read Law, as a pioneer student, in the then Bendel State University, (now Ambrose Alli University) and finished in 1985 as the best graduating female student (LL.B). She, thereafter, proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos (1985-86), to bag her B.L degree. She went back to her alma mater to start her working career as Assistant Lecturer in 1987 before pursuing and bagging her Masters degree in Law (LL.M) from the same university in 1989. Over the years, she was to rise through the ranks to become a Professor in 2003. But before then, she was, at a point, an Associate Professor of Law at Igbinedion University, Okada in 1999. She later became Dean, Faculty of Law, Ambrose Alli University, from where she was appointed as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university. Prof. (Mrs.) Agbebaku has veritable wealth of experience both in administrative and editorial matters. An erudite scholar and distinguished academic, Agbebaku has many publications in national and international journals to her credit. And, as an astute administrator, she is set to take AAU to greater heights.
Prof. Juliet Elu, VC, GUU:
Prof. Juliet Elu, Vice Chancellor Gregory University, Uturu, could be said to have come fully made, academically speaking. A Professor of Economics at Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, with which the university, today, has an exchange programme, she received her B.Sc. degree, 1982, in Resource Economics and Economic History at Utah State University, M.Sc/MBA in Business Administration/Finance in 1984, at the same university and her Ph.D in Economics with emphasis on Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Trade, Finance and Economic Development, from the University of Utah. Prior to joining Morehouse and later GUU, she was the Vice Chairperson and Director, Management and Organization, Program, in the Department of Economics at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia. With research and teaching interests in such areas as Quantitative Methods, Micro/Macro Economics, International Trade and Development, Gender issues, etc, she has published journal articles, book chapters and books. With GUU where she is, at the moment, the VC, it is morning yet on creation day.
Apart from Prof. Obilade and company, other intellectual amazons who had played on the stage of Vice Chancellorship and left with their reputation, character and charisma intact include Prof. Grace Alele Williams, Nigeria’s first female VC (at the University of Benin, UNIBEN, 1985-1991), Prof. Aize Imouokhome Obayan of Covenant University (CU), Ota, Ogun State (2006-2013), and Prof. (Mrs.) Sidi Osho, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), 2010-January, 2014.
A statement signed by Sunny Ogefere, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, noted that the summit with the theme “The new woman, winning in a man’s world” is aimed at acknowledging the fact we all seem to forget or overlook: that the Nigerian woman has become “a force to be reckoned with in every sector of the economy while still holding the home front together and supporting the man.”
“It is a laudable initiative and we are partnering with The Sun to show that our women are not only willing to take up leadership roles but they are also determined to move the glass ceiling in spite of all odds traditional beliefs have stacked against them for centuries. Mr. President has given them great tasks and they have delivered,” said Uduaghan.
Prof. Mrs. E. I. Braide, VC, Fed. Univ., Lafia:
In the education sector, it is on this score, that we ask Prof. Mrs. Ekanem Ikpi Braide, Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Lafia (FUL), to step forward for recognition. In fact, for her is reserved a double honour as she had once served as Vice Chancellor, Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) Calabar (2003-2008). Born in Cross River State, on March 6, 1946, Prof. Braide holds a Bachelors degree in Zoology from the University of Ife, Masters and Doctorate degrees in Parasitology from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. She also holds a Certificate in Epidemiological Methods from Southampton University (British Council Course). A consultant to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and African Programme on Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, also a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Braide is a recipient of many professional awards among which is the esteemed Jimmy/Roslyn Carter Award for outstanding dedication and achievement in the eradication of guinea worm in Nigeria. With research focus on disease control particularly in operational research, impact assessment of interventions, rapid assessment methods in mapping diseases and community initiatives in disease control, she has presented papers in over 70 international conferences and has 48 research publications.
Prof. Mrs. O.O. Obilade, VC,
TASUED:
Prof. Oluyemisi Oluremi Obilade, Vice Chancellor, Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, born on November 14, 1958, in Ile-Ogbo, Osun State, and educated at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (where she obtained her Bachelors in Education, Master and doctorate degrees, in Adult Education), Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A and Judge Business School, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Obilade, and formerly of Department of Continuing Education, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, assumed duty as the third Vice Chancellor of TASUED in January 2013.
With research interests in sociology of adult education as it concerns women’s issues and rights (such as going to be discussed at The Sun Women Leadership Summit starting tomorrow), Prof. Obilade has, over the years, published some authoritative research papers in reputed international journals, on this area. They include “University Education and Wage Employment as Predictors of Women Empowerment in Nigeria” (co-written with Ogunrin, A.B and Aderinto, J.A, it was published in 2008 in The International Journal of Learning, Vol. 15, No.8.pp 105-112); “The Women’s Movement and Access to Education”, Adult Education in Nigeria (Journal of the NNCAE), co-written with Mejiuni, C.O and published in Vol 12, pp. 1-14, June 2006; “Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Promoting Gender Equity Through Affirmative Action in a Nigerian University”, C.D of Conference Proceedings, Gender and Positive Action: Empowering or Disabling, 2nd Biennial Women’s Studies Conference, Izmir Turkey; Izmir University of Economics (2008); Obilade,O.O. and Adelabu, M.A. (2009): “Balancing the Equation :Enhancing Women’s Access and Visibility in Tertiary Education Leadership in Nigeria” ,in Baytekin, B. et al (eds) Uluslararasi – Disiplinlerarasi Kadin Calismalari Kongresi, ,Sakarya Turkey, Sakarya University; “Strength from Within: Educating Women to Resist and Survive ‘Religiously Condoned’ Domestic Violence”, co-written with Mejiuni, C.O (2008) and published in Universidad Complutense Madrid (Spain) 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress, Women’s World 2008, Equity is not a Utopia and “The Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) Agenda and the Nigerian Development”, co-written with Aina, O.I (2008). and published in Universidad Complutense Madrid (Spain) 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress, Women’s World 2008, Equity is not a Utopia.
When Prof. Obilade, at resumption of duty, vowed to make TASUED, Nigeria’s model education university, “a world-class university with products that have global acceptability; a leader in cutting-edge research with prolific researchers publishing in ‘A’ list journals; a centre of excellence in knowledge production and dissemination and a reference point for best practices; an institution with more than adequate, stable and sustainable financial base; an institution characterised by peace, with good university governance and positive and productive interaction between the town and gown,” nobody had any doubt that she would with time, achieve these self-appointed goals she had set for herself. She is one of those women that are winning in a “man’s world.”
Prof. Rosemund Dienye Green-Osahogulu, VC, IAUE:
And so is Prof. Rosemund Dienye Green-Osahogulu, Vice Chancellor, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Born in Grand Bonny Kingdom on April 12, 1956, like Obilade, Prof. Green-Osahogulu has also reiterated her determination to ensure that IAUE, under her administration, becomes a world-class university. And, she is well on her way to achieving that, what with the reduction, under her watch, of cult activities and exam malpractices, among lecturers and students alike, and installation of security gadgets. In appreciation of her friendly disposition towards students’ academic welfare, she was, in May, last year, bestowed with a Golden Award of Excellence by the Niger Delta Students’ Union Government (NIDSUG). A year or so before this honour, she had been conferred with the prestigious fellowship of the Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM) in recognition of “her commitment to the vision of the institute and as an educationist and administrator par excellence.” In the course of her career, Prof. Green-Osahogulu, had, in conjunction with others, written a lot of research papers that helped in expanding the frontiers of knowledge in the field of education. They include, “A Turkish Profile of Prospective Elementary School Teachers and Their Views of Teaching” (co-written with Osah-Ogulu, Dele Joshua and Saban, A, a Turk) and “Integrated Science Teachers’ Instructional Competencies: An Empirical Survey in Rivers State of Nigeria,” which she co-wrote with Osah-gulu, Dele Joshua and published in Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy 29. No.2 (September 2003): 149-59 (The study which dwelt on the result of observation, by five science teacher educationists, of 30 teachers of integrated science in the junior secondary schools in Rivers State showed that while they were strongest in the “environmental category of competencies,” they were weakest in the “pedagogical category.” The implication, the paper noted, is that “intensive workshop retraining efforts should focus on improving teachers’ pedagogical competence”).
Prof. Margee M. Ensign, VC, AUN:
Prof. Margee M. Ensign, Vice Chancellor or President, American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa State is one woman you cannot ignore if you are talking about women who are “not only willing to take up leadership roles but are also determined to move the glass ceiling.” Ensign, the third President of the American University of Nigeria, (and the first female so far) earned her BA from New College in Florida, and her PhD in International Political Economy from the University of Maryland before beginning her administrative career at Columbia University, in New York City by combining roles of Professor of Politics & Economics with Director of the International Political Economy Program. Her relentless commitment to education and creative re-thinking of development has brought her international recognition such as the 2011 “African Leadership Award in Educational Excellence” conferred upon her in London by African Leadership magazine. A widely published scholar whose works focus primarily on the challenges of international development, as well as, on the implications of development assistance, some of her works include: Doing Good or Doing Well?: Japan’s Foreign Aid Program, and Images and Behavior of Private Bank Lending to Developing Countries. In 2010, she co-authored a book entitled: Rwanda: History and Hope, in which she and AUN Trustee and Tulane University, Prof. William Bertrand, documented Rwanda’s rebuilding efforts since 1994. She has also served as an adviser on genocide to a good number of African governments.
Prof. Comfort Ekpo, VC, UNIUYO:
Prof. (Mrs.) Comfort Memfin Ekpo, BLS, Ed, M.Ed (Zaria), and PhD (Wales) is the first female Vice Chancellor and fourth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO). A professor of Educational Technology, she started her university career in March 1981 through participation in part-time lecturing at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. Two years later, in January 1983, she was appointed Lecturer 111 at the then College of Education but which was later changed first to University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) and lastly, University of Uyo, in 1991. Prof. Ekpo was promoted to first Associate Professor in 1998 and three years later to Professor (the first female professor to be bestowed with such honour in the University of Uyo), on October 1, 2001 (as a matter of fact, this is her 13th year of being a professor). A member of eight professional bodies, Prof. Ekpo has produced eight instructional media packages and programmes for learning and has more than sixty publications including books, chapters of books, journal articles and monographs to her credit. Ekpo’s vision for UNIUYO as she once told the visiting Senate Committee on Education, led by Senator Uche Chukumerije, and for which she earnestly pleaded for grants and funding, is that of “working toward achieving academic excellence and improving its international ranking.”
Prof. Charity Angya, VC, BSU:
She is another woman you cannot but mention if you are talking of women at the helm of affairs in the education sector. The first female Vice Chancellor of Benue State University (BSU), Angya who read Theatre Arts at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), graduating in 1983, with a B.A, Second Class Upper Div. and a Masters and Ph.D (also in Theatre Arts), 1985 and 1988 respectively, from the University of Ibadan, besides some post-doctoral trainings in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dundee, Scotland and Senegal, started her academic career at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) with such position as Examination Officer, among others before relocating to BSU as Coordinator, Department of Theatre Arts, member Governing Council between 2004 and 2008, acting Vice Chancellor, 2005, Head of Department, Theatre Arts (2006-2010) before being elevated to the position of Vice Chancellor in January 2011. And, since then, she has proven herself to be a pacesetter in almost every area of administration – from infrastructure to paperwork. Her achievements include full refurbishment of students hostels, prompt procession of students’ results and documents for the compulsory NYSC national service, prompt release of results such that students now see their scores pasted on notice boards upon resumption for a new academic session and reduction in the sub-charge once imposed by the state government on students for damaging university property during a violent protest, some years ago. Angya, a holder of national merit award, Officer of Order of the Niger (OON), has her sight set on achieving more.
Prof. Cordelia Agbebaku, VC, AAU:
Prof. Cordelia Ainenehi Agbebaku, until her appointment, with effect from February 18, 2014, as the substantive Vice Chancellor, Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, had been the Acting Vice Chancellor, from May 2, 2011. Born in January 1961, in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government of Edo State, she read Law, as a pioneer student, in the then Bendel State University, (now Ambrose Alli University) and finished in 1985 as the best graduating female student (LL.B). She, thereafter, proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos (1985-86), to bag her B.L degree. She went back to her alma mater to start her working career as Assistant Lecturer in 1987 before pursuing and bagging her Masters degree in Law (LL.M) from the same university in 1989. Over the years, she was to rise through the ranks to become a Professor in 2003. But before then, she was, at a point, an Associate Professor of Law at Igbinedion University, Okada in 1999. She later became Dean, Faculty of Law, Ambrose Alli University, from where she was appointed as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university. Prof. (Mrs.) Agbebaku has veritable wealth of experience both in administrative and editorial matters. An erudite scholar and distinguished academic, Agbebaku has many publications in national and international journals to her credit. And, as an astute administrator, she is set to take AAU to greater heights.
Prof. Juliet Elu, VC, GUU:
Prof. Juliet Elu, Vice Chancellor Gregory University, Uturu, could be said to have come fully made, academically speaking. A Professor of Economics at Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, with which the university, today, has an exchange programme, she received her B.Sc. degree, 1982, in Resource Economics and Economic History at Utah State University, M.Sc/MBA in Business Administration/Finance in 1984, at the same university and her Ph.D in Economics with emphasis on Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Trade, Finance and Economic Development, from the University of Utah. Prior to joining Morehouse and later GUU, she was the Vice Chairperson and Director, Management and Organization, Program, in the Department of Economics at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia. With research and teaching interests in such areas as Quantitative Methods, Micro/Macro Economics, International Trade and Development, Gender issues, etc, she has published journal articles, book chapters and books. With GUU where she is, at the moment, the VC, it is morning yet on creation day.
Apart from Prof. Obilade and company, other intellectual amazons who had played on the stage of Vice Chancellorship and left with their reputation, character and charisma intact include Prof. Grace Alele Williams, Nigeria’s first female VC (at the University of Benin, UNIBEN, 1985-1991), Prof. Aize Imouokhome Obayan of Covenant University (CU), Ota, Ogun State (2006-2013), and Prof. (Mrs.) Sidi Osho, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), 2010-January, 2014.
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