FPA Gets Acting Registrar, Bursar and Librarian
Three new Principal Officers have been appointed in acting capacities for The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti.
The appointees are Mr. Sunday Adeyemi-Adejolu as Acting Registrar; Mrs. Deborah Olotuah as Acting Bursar and Dr. Mufutao Asiru as Acting Librarian.
In the letter conveying their appointments noted “that the appointments has become necessary due to the absence of the Governing Council at this time and will terminate when substantive officers are appointed by the Governing Council”.
The appointments of Mr. S.A Adeyemi-Adejolu and Mrs. D.K. Olotuah follows the expiration of the five years tenure of Mrs. Kehinde Ekanem as the Registrar and Mr. Kehinde Omodara as the Bursar.
Dr. Asiru on his part took over from Mrs. Margaret Abifarin who has been in acting capacity as the Polytechnic Librarian. The change in baton of the Polytechnic Librarian is in accordance with the extant rules which stipulates that a Principal Officer must not be in acting capacity for more than six months.
The new Acting Registrar, Mr. S.A. Adeyemi-Adejolu joined the services of the Polytechnic as a Senior Assistant Registrar in November 2000 as its Public Relations Officer.
He rose through the ranks and served in various Polytechnic Committees and became the pioneer Director of the Directorate of Protocol, Information and Public Relations.
Mr. Adeyemi-Adejolu, a 1987 graduate of the University of Lagos, a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations served as the Polytechnic Spokesperson for about 23 years. He is happily married and blessed with children who are finding their feet in the spheres of life.
Mrs. D.K. Olotuah, a Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (FCA) joined the services of the Polytechnic in 2006 as a Chief Accountant.
Mrs. Olotuah, before her current appointment was a non statutory Director in charge of Finance and Fiscal Report in the Polytechnic Bursary.
She is a 1982 Higher National Diploma graduate of the Yaba College of Technology Lagos and also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Ado Ekiti (UNAD) now Ekiti State University (EKSU).
She had previously worked in the Ondo State Polytechnic now Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, University of Ado Ekiti and the Adekunle Ajasin University. She is happily married with Children and grandchildren.
Dr. M.A. Asiru who joined the services of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti in 2013 as a Librarian 1 holds a PhD in Library and Information Science from the Adeleke University Ede 2022, he also holds a Diploma in Journalism, a BA (Ed) and a Masters Degree in Library, Archival and Information Studies.
Dr. Asiru is a member of various committees in the Polytechnic. He is happily married and blessed with children.
The newly appointed Principal Officers are to formally assume their new positions of responsibilities on Monday 11th December, 2023.