The Ekiti State House of Assembly yestrday congratulated Deputy Governor Kolapo Olusola on his elevation to a professor.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olusola was last week appointed a professor in Building Technology by the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) at Ile-Ife in Osun State.
The appointment was backdated to 2012.
He had been a lecturer for 20 years before venturing into partisan politics and was, subsequently, made deputy governor of Ekiti State.
In a statement by his Special Assistant (Media), Stephen Gbadamosi, Speaker Kola Oluwawole Oluwawole described the honour as well-deserved.
He thanked God for making Olusaola reach the zenith of his academic career.