Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has confirmed the appointment of Mrs Salawu Olaide Oluwatoyin as the Deputy Rector of The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
The Deputy Rector’s appointment was contained in a statement issued by the Registrar, Mrs Modupe Theresa Fawale, signed on her behalf by the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mogaji Soladoye Adewole.
Salawu became the Deputy Rector of The Polytechnic, Ibadan following her election in October 2023 and the subsequent approval by the state government on 10 January, 2024.
The statement noted, “Following your victory at the Deputy Rectorship election held on Wednesday, 25th October, 2023, along with ratification of same by the Board of Studies and approval by the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology on behalf of the Governor of Oyo State vied a letter with Reference Number C.2479/36 dated 10th January, 2024, I am pleased to convey your appointment as the Deputy Rector of the institution for a tenure of two years.”
The Deputy Rector will be responsible to the Rector for the day-to-day administration of the institution and as the Rector may assign duties to her. The appointment takes retrospective effect from 1 November, 2023 and terminates on 31 October, 2025.
The position of the Deputy Rector became vacant as former Deputy Rector, Mrs Olubunmi Olubamiwa, completed her two-term in office. Salawu (nee Alade), an Indigene of Ibadan, was born over 50 years ago.
She joined the services of The Polytechnic, Ibadan on 20 September, 1993 as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. She rose through the ranks to the position of Chief Lecturer, the highest academic position attainable within the Polytechnic system, in October, 2010.
Before being elected as Deputy Rector, she held several positions of responsibilities within the institution at various times. She was Dean, Faculty of Science from 2013 to 2017 and was also the Chairman, Sports Advisory Committee of the institution from 2017 to 2021.
The Deputy Rector attended Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School, Ibadan from 1979 to 1984 and cut her teeth in tertiary education at The Polytechnic, Ibadan from 1985 to 1987 where she obtained a National Diploma Certificate in Statistics. The New Deputy Rector proceeded to The University of Ilorin from 1988 to 1991 where she bagged B.Sc. In Statistics.
She obtained a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Economics at University of Ibadan in 1995. She is currently a Doctoral Student in Statistics at The University of Ilorin, Kwara State.
She is happily married to Mr Isiaka Salawu, a retired Chief Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The Polytechnic, Ibadan and they are blessed with children.
