OPINION: Meritorious Mahfouz, An astute Administrator and Academic. By Folorunso Fatai

Date: 2021-02-24

It was around 12:57 a.m, today, Wednesday February 24, 2021, when I received the good news that a unique UNILORITE and illustrious son of Iwo, Prof. Adedimeji Mahfouz Adebola had emerged the Pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the newly established Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Kwara State.

Everyone who knows Prof. Mahfouz knows him for the commitment, diligence and excellence he would always bring into whatever he does. Consequently, when the delightful news item surfaced, my first impulse was to congratulate the university on its fortune of having such a prolific and prodigious professor at the helms of its affairs, with — his attitude of excellence-every promise of taking the institution to its altitude.

Significantly, there are a number of traits of character which appear to define Adedimeji Adebola. Anyone who has had any dealings with him will be awed and captivated by his startling level of academic richness, selflessness and integrity. He is a stickler for principles and has the courage to stick to his convictions.

Without being fulsome, here, Prof. Adedimeji is a man of restless questing spirit, razor-blade intellect and fastidious principle. To paraphrase Rosalyn Carter, Prof. Adedimeji is not just a leader who takes people to where they want to go, he is a great leader who takes people to where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

The choice of Prof. Adedimeji as the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Ahman Pategi University must have been inspired by God as a round peg in a round hole. Hence, appointing him to pilot the affairs of the school is like asking a 5-star, battle- tested general to quell a fight between two boys on a street in Mushin! Importantly, as a fine scholar who had effortlessly married the gown to the town, I have the conviction that he would use his vast networks within and outside his academic circles to bring traction to the infant University and it would soon become a magnet attracting the biggest names in many disciplines to the school.

As Adedimeji is set to begin his journey with Ahman Pategi University, I am cocksure he would reach for the accelerator and put the University at full throttle— just as he did at the Coporate Affairs Unit of the University of Ilorin, Centre For Peace and Strategic Studies UNILORIN amongst other places where his gigantic strides have been indelibly imprinted on the sand of time. He is an astute administrator and academic.

On the whole, I congratulate Ahman Pategi University for having our meritorious Mahfouz, an academic of a robust stature, as its pioneer Vice Chancellor. May everything good fall in place for both the university and its staffers.

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Shehu Adaramaja     Garment Factory     Folaranmi Aro     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Kolade Solagberu     Joseph Bamigboye     Adeola Abraham     08001000100     Ibrahim Abiodun     NIRSAL     Segun Olawoyin     Ladi Hassan     Niyi Osundare     Oloriegbe     Ariyo     Abubakar Baba     Adisa Logun     Just Event Online     Kale Bayero     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Isiaka Yusuf     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Funke Adedoyin     Hussein Oloyede     Lai Gobir     Oni Adebayo     Voices Of Tomorrow     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Sa\'adu Gambari     Yomi Ogunsola     Ahmad Lawan     National Broadcasting Commission     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Pakata     Sanusi Abubakar     Police Commissioner     Sidikat Akaje     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Awili Pedro     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     IsDB     Ganmo     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Abraham Ojo     Atunwa     Emir Of Shonga     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Kaosarah Adeyi     Ayinke Saka     Iliasu     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Kola Adesina     Aliyu Adebayo     Lanre Aremu     SDP     COVID     Abioye Bello     Ike Ekweremadu     Yusuf Aiyedun     Face Masks     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Oko-Olowo     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Bola Olukoju     Amoyo     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Ishola Abdullahi     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Ajakaye     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     John Olajide Adedipe    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Oba Abdulraheem     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Sarkin Malamai     Pategi     Hijab     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Earlyon Technologies     Idris Amosa Saidu     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Nupe     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Adanla-Irese     KWSUED     Muhammad Yahya     Gambari     Tunde Akanbi     Aremu Odolaye     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     CCB     Admiralty Villa     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Adisa Logun     Arca Santa     Ghali Muhammed     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     HYPPADEC     Olatunji Ibrahim     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Edu     Harrison Osauwagboe     Umar Danladi Shero     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Bibire Ajape     Pius Abioje     HICA     Kwara Metro Park     Siraj Oyewale     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Kumbi Titiloye     New Model Police Station     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Olaitan Adefila     Valsolar Consortium     Ekiti     Offa Metropolitan Club     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Mohammed Halidu     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Sarah Alade     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Omotoso     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Peter Amogbonjaye     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Monkey Pox     Ahmad Lawan     Justina Oha     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Convocation Ceremonies     Shao     Henry Olaosebikan     Aliyu Salihu     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     NFAI     Kwarareports.com     Bayo Onimago     UTME     Trader Moni     Samuel Adaramola     Yinka Aluko     Ajeigbe     Tunde Oyawoye