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  • VC, workers tangle at FUTA

    VC, workers tangle at FUTA

    Workers of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State have sought the trial of their Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Adebiyi Daramola, for attempted murder. The police declined, saying  he did not commit any offence.TEMITOPE YAKUBU reports.

    The feud between workers of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State and their Vice-Chancellor, Prof Adebiyi Daramola, got to a head last week. The workers accused him of attempted murder and urged the police to try him. The police declined, saying there was no need for it.

    The workers under the aegis of the Joint Action Congress (JAC) asked the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris (IGP), to arrest Prof Daramola for allegedly attempting to kill a member of the workers’ union.

    Their request followed an accident involving a vehicle in the VC’s convoy in which a worker, Abiodun Atunbi, was injured. The VC was invited by the police, following the news of the Atunbi’s death. But, he was later said to be alive, prompting the police to release the VC on self-recognition.

    The workers were not happy with the police decision not to try the VC. The police said there was no need to try the VC because the accident was unintended.

    The workers petitioned the IGP, demanding the VC’s arrest. The petition came three days after the Registrar and Secretary to the Council, Mrs Modupe Ajayi, announced the suspension of leaders of the workers’ unions for alleged insubordination and disobedience.

    Management dismissed the workers’ accusation, saying the VC’s convoy did not set out deliberately to hit the victim. According to the institution’s Public Relations Officer Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, the accident was not planned.

    The workers were not convinced by the  explanation. To them, the VC deliberately set out to kill the victim because of the lingering crisis between them and management.

    The JAC’s petition was jointly signed by Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) Chairman, Comrade Dele Durojaye and his counterparts in National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Comrades Omoraka Ejeiro and Bayo Aladerotohun.

    The workers said their safety could no longer be guaranteed, adding that the VC’s convoy’s mishap was a smokescreen to cover up a “grand plan” by the management to eliminate those calling for the VC’s removal. They also accused the Ondo State Police Command for colluding with management to cover up Atunbi’s matter.

    The petition reads: “It will be recalled that staff of the university, under the aegis of Joint Action Congress (JAC), are calling for the removal of Prof Adebiyi, by virtue of the extant laws setting up the university, Public Service Rules (2008), moral principles, fairness and in compliance with the change-begins-with-me mantra of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

    “Prof Daramola is currently being investigated by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations bordering on financial impropriety and abuse of office. While we conduct ourselves peacefully within the ambit of the law, an active member of JAC, Mr Atunbi, was hit by a vehicle in the convoy of the VC on the pedestrian walk-way at Bank Junction on the campus.

    “Notwithstanding the injuries inflicted on the staff, the VC’s convoy recklessly drove away to his house without recourse to the condition of the staff that was nearly crushed to death. But for the quick intervention of other workers, the victim would have been left to die on the spot.”

    The workers said they were not satisfied with the “shoddy investigation” into the accident, and called on the IGP to constitute an investigation team to “thoroughly look” into it.

    The workers said: “The injured staff,  Atunbi, is still in critical condition at the hospital, owing to the extent of the injury sustained during the accident. Atunbi was aimed, but he was rescued from death by divine intervention.

    “It is on this note that we are calling for an immediate and thorough investigation into the accident that occurred in the early hours of Monday, November 28, in which the victim was nearly crushed to death and course of justice was perverted by top echelons of the Ondo State Command of the police.

    “We are requesting that all those who participated in this despicable perversion of the course of law and justice should be brought to book according to the law of the land. We understand, through your antecedent, that you abhor injustice. It is in admission of this fact that we urge you (IGP) to use your good office in bringing to book everyone who participated in this perversion of justice that almost sent the promising young victim to his grave.”

    In a telephone interview with CAMPUSLIFE, Adebanjo said: “The allegations are completely false and distortion of what transpired on the day of the unfortunate accident. From verifiable facts, the vehicle conveying the Vice-Chancellor was not at the scene of the accident. It was the back-up vehicle conveying aides that hit the victim. The vehicle did not set out to kill the victim; an accident happened and the victim was caught up.

    “Since the Vice Chancellor’s vehicle was not involved and he was not the one that drove the vehicle that was involved in the accident, accusation by the aggrieved workers that the VC deliberately crushed the victim does not hold water and it is untrue.”

    Ondo State Police Command spokesman, Mr Femi Joseph said investigation revealed that it was an unintended accident.

    He said: “The case in FUTA is that of an unintended accident and no death was recorded. The victim is recuperating in the hospital now. The police questioned the driver, a staff of the university who drove the vehicle that was involved in the accident. It was determined based on available and verifiable facts that what happened was an accident. It is uncharitable for anyone to insinuate otherwise. What is important is that the victim is alive and he is responding to treatment.”

     

  • FUTA recalls 23 suspended union leaders

    FUTA recalls 23 suspended union leaders

    The management of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State yesterday recalled 23 suspended union leaders.
    They were suspended for allegedly disrupting the peace of the institution.
    For months now, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adebiyi Daramola and the union leaders, who are mainly non-teaching staff, have been at loggerheads.
    The aggrieved unions called for Daramola’s sack, following allegations of financial mismanagement.
    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invited the VC for questioning. He was released on the same day.
    This instigated a protest by the union members, who insisted Daramola would not resume.
    The suspended workers are leaders of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU).
    The Council was said to have taken the decision to lift the suspension and order the payment of October and November salaries to the affected workers as part of the efforts to find a lasting solution to the crisis.
    A statement by the Head of Information Unit, Adegbenro Adebanjo, said the embattled union leaders have been asked to start work immediately.
    He noted that the management had set up a committee to look into the crisis.
    The statement said copies of the recall letters were signed by the Registrar, Mrs. Modupe Ajayi.

  • FUTA staff, students on war path

    FUTA staff, students on war path

    Students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State have backed  their embattled Vice-Chancellor, Prof Adebiyi Daramola, and Bursar, Mr. Emmanuel Oresegun, as the staff unions continue their protest for the duo to go over fraud allegations. DANIEL OLADELE reports.

    Workers and students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State, may be on collision course as the crisis over the invitation of the Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Adebiyi Daramola, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) rages.

    The institution was thrown into confusion last week when the news of EFCC’s invitation of the VC and Bursar, Mr Emmanuel Oresegun, hit the campus. Both were summoned by the anti-graft agency for interrogation over alleged misappropriation of  funds.

    The VC and Bursar were released the next day, eliciting protest from members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT). The protesters picketed the Administrative Block, calling on the embattled VC and the Bursar to go.

    The protest, which started at 2p.m., disrupted academic activities. The protesters moved round the campus, chanting anti-management songs.They expressed displeasure with the “leadership style” of Daramola, insisting that he must step down.

    Some members of the staff said: “Prof Daramola cannot be facing corruption allegation and still be the VC; we don’t want another Saraki-style in FUTA”. The protesters also warned the VC against coming to the campus.

    SSANU Chairman Comrade Dele Durojaiye said the union members would not stop the protest until the VC and Bursar stepped down.

    He said: “We forwarded petitions against the management on the monumental fraud and corruption going on this university. And that is what we are fighting for. What we are saying is that the moment you are being investigated by any anti-graft agency, you should step aside. We want the government to dissolve the council, because we believe the council is equally corrupt.

    “We are also telling the government that not until Prof Daramola is removed, this university will be under lock and key. We don’t care if it takes more than three months. We are joining forces with reasonable Nigerians, with President Muhammadu Buhari to fight corruption in this university.”

    The leadership of the protesting unions directed their members not to go back to their duty posts, but to converge in front of the new Senate Building daily until the VC and Bursar are gone.

    The FUTA management, which spoke through the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), Prof. Olatunde Arayela, said there was no basis for the protest, because the VC had not been pronounced guilty by any law court. He advised the workers to return to their offices, saying it was unfair for anyone to call for the VC’s resignation over an unproven allegation.

    “The VC and Bursar were only invited for interrogation and as law-abiding citizens. They heeded the invitation but not detained by the anti-graft commission as reported, Prof Arayela said.”

    Students have thrown their weight behind the embattled VC and the Bursar, accusing the union members of sending “frivolous petitions” to the EFCC.

    Students’ Union Government (SUG) President Oluwasegun Oladele, who spoke for the students, said they rose in defence of the embattled VC and Bursar because they found the allegations baseless and an attempt to smear the person of Daramola.

    The students said the workers’ protest could plunge the school into a needless crisis, calling on them to stop it.

    A statement by the SUG president reads: “The Students’ Union deems that the petition against the VC and Bursar as frivolous, baseless and an attempt by the petitioners not to only throw the institution into crisis, but also tarnish and destroy the hard-earned reputation of Prof Adebiyi Daramola.”

    The SUG said members of the staff lied when they claimed the management had not approved their productivity allowances since 2012. Oluwasegun said: “This is totally false. And from our checks, the Governing Council did not approve the payment of the allowances, rather re-appropriated the money to provide services for students.”

    The SUG accused the staff unions of being only interested in “business as usual”, insinuating that SSANU and NASU wanted the management to share the school’s Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR) as welfare packages.

    The SUG highlighted some of the VC’s achievements, saying the management, led by  Daramola, had carried out student-oriented projects which have impacted on academics and students.

    Oluwasegun added: “We advise the staff unions to join hands by supporting the lofty vision of the Vice Chancellor and the university management to develop FUTA.They must know that we are not in any way fighting them, but we want them to be considerate and be partner in progress in FUTA.”

  • FUTA: Trouble this time

    FUTA: Trouble this time

    For some weeks now, the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, has been embroiled in a crisis which has paralysed activities in the usually bustling citadel of learning. Trouble started when the three non-teaching staff unions in the university – the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU – embarked on a protest. The protest lasted for two days between Thursday, October 6, and Friday, October 7. Since then, the university community has known no peace.

    Reports had it that without any previous notice to the university management as a precursor for embarking on any industrial action, the three unions rose from a joint congress held on Thursday, October 6, and immediately embarked on a protest. The aim of the protest was to press for the removal of the institution’s Vice Chancellor as well as the Bursar. The protesters also called for the dissolution of the university Governing Council. Perhaps, to convince the school authorities that they meant business, the unions locked up the two gates leading to the university and also barricaded the road to the main gate, thereby preventing vehicular movement in and out of the campus. As a result of this disruption, normal activities in the university were tampered with.

    According to available information, the crisis precipitated by the three unions is not unconnected with a recent circular by the Federal Ministry of Education on the restructuring of the university’s erstwhile staff primary school. It is also connected with the demand for a controversial allowance the unions christened Productivity Allowance Staff Welfare Package. This allowance ranges from N360,000.00 for all categories of senior staff and N180,000.00 for junior staff in the university.

    It would be recalled that prior to this unfortunate development, the authorities of the university had made concerted efforts to resolve the issues arising from the complaints of the unions over steps taken by the university to implement the recent federal government directive on the ownership of staff primary schools across the country. But if these two factors were the remote causes of the crisis, the immediate cause could be attributed to the recent invitation of Professor Adebiyi Daramola, the Vice Chancellor, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to respond to a petition against the university administration. It was while the VC was away at the zonal office of the EFCC in Ibadan that the unions took advantage of his absence to embark on the protest.

    In recent times, many unionists in Nigeria have made it almost their first priority to embark on protests and strikes at the slightest inkling of a possible industrial dispute, without recourse to the labour laws guiding such actions. Ordinarily, in the case of the issues at stake in the current FUTA crisis as enumerated above, it appears that the unions merely resorted to precipitate action as a shortcut to achieving their aim to hoodwink the authorities of the school to play ball. This is so because as far back as 2014, the National Universities Commission, NUC, drew the attention of all VCs to the position of the federal government that staff schools are established as private enterprises to be funded by the institutions that establish them.

    What this means is that the burden of the wage bill of staff in the staff schools should no longer be transferred to the federal government had been the practice. The directive was communicated through the instrumentality of a circular ref. No. NUC/ES/138/Vol. 60/194, dated September 2, 2014.  This position of government was further conveyed to all federal universities by the Federal Ministry of Education by a letter ref. No. FME/SU/GEN/IVB/60 dated April 21, 2015, as well as a circular from the Budget Office of the Federation, Federal Ministry of Finance, ref. No. BD/EXP/S.800/T/27 dated September 29, 2015. The circular from the budget office of the federation was clear and unambiguous: “Personnel/Teachers of Schools affiliated to Institutions/Agencies (i.e. Staff Schools) should, on no account, be included in the nominal roll of such institutions.” It did not stop there. It went further to prescribe that appropriate sanctions will be applied to defaulting agencies, as such action will be treated as willful introduction of ghost workers.

    In spite of the industrial action embarked upon by SSANU to demand government reversal of the directive at that time, the NUC reiterated the decision of the federal government via circular ref. No. NUC/ES/138/Vol.61/116 dated January 29. It was based on this that the authorities of FUTA disengaged the teachers in its staff primary school and opened a new window of opportunity for them to retain their jobs by applying for same under the services of the school’s management board. But, the teachers will not want to have anything to do with the government directive. Thus, they were poised for war.

    All efforts to dissuade the teachers from toeing the path of confrontation fell on deaf ears. These efforts included the intervention of the university Governing Council, religious leaders, elders in the academic community, royal fathers and even law enforcement agents. Though far reaching decisions were taken at these meetings in the interest of the disengaged staff, the teachers insisted they were not going to apply for their jobs. A stalemate followed. Consequently, attempts to reopen the school since January this year, it was learnt, have been repeatedly thwarted by the unions, especially SSANU and NASU and the teachers themselves.

    Now, the only offence the VC seems to have committed is his commitment to the implementation of the federal government directive by the university management. It was in the midst of this confusion and the unions’ vehement disagreement on the reopening of the primary school for pupils on September 16, that the university also received another letter from the non-teaching staff unions jointly demanding for payment of one year productivity allowance. As stated earlier, the total money involved is colossal – about N360,000.00 for senior staff and N180,000.00 for junior staff. To rub it in, the protagonists of this productivity allowance came up with a propaganda that the allowance in question had earlier been granted approval by the institution’s governing council at its 97th Statutory Meeting held on Thursday, May 24, 2012.

    The school’s management has since denied that any such thing ever happened. According to the management: “At no time did the university Governing Council approved such allowance. At the meeting referred to, Council did not approve a part of the University Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, for payment as staff Productivity Allowance Welfare Package as erroneously conceived by the unions. A major part of the decision of Council at that meeting was that with the lean purse of the university, it would be pretty difficult, if not impossible, for the management to accommodate the unions’ demands beyond the palliatives already paid.”

    On the issue of the EFCC invitation of the VC, since the VC has visited the EFCC and made statements, the matter can no longer form the basis of any protest by the unions because whatever must have been written against the VC would be thoroughly investigated by the anti-graft agency. It is a good thing to allow the agency to carry out its statutory functions. And until the EFCC releases its findings, the unions should refrain from using this as a license to embark on wholesale brigandage on campus.

    Without actually sounding immodest, at this stage of biting economic crisis in the country, the various communities in FUTA should learn to live together in harmony and preserve the infrastructural facilities on campus rather than embarking on senseless and destructive behaviour capable of truncating the peace and tranquility that had prevailed there for quite some time now. That is why the current impasse should be speedily resolved through dialogue in order to allow peace to reign.

     

  • FUTA threatens action against further protests

    FUTA threatens action against further protests

    Authorities of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), yesterday vowed to resist further protests by its workers.

    It described the repeated protests by some members of staff of the university as ill-motivated.

    Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) Prof. Olatunde Arayela, who addressed a news conference in Akure, said there was no basis for the protests.

    According to him, calls by the protesters for the resignation of the Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof Adebiyi Daramola, was uncalled for as he had not been found guilty of any offence.

    He noted that the VC and Bursar appeared before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for various allegations against them, but the anti-graft agency had begun investigation.

    He, therefore, advised the aggrieved workers to wait till the EFCC concluded its investigations on the matter.

    Some non-academic staff of the institution

    last week embarked on a peaceful demonstration to protest the continuous stay in office of Prof. Daramola.

  • FUTA workers seek VC, bursar resignation

    FUTA workers seek VC, bursar resignation

    Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) workers yesterday called for the resignation of the institution’s vice chancellor, Prof. Adebiyi Daramola and the bursar, Emmanuel Oresegun.

    The workers said this was necessary pending the completion of probe of allegations levelled against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    The workers, who moved round the university’s campus with placards and chanting uncomplimentary songs against Daramola and Oresegun, alleged financial impropriety against the two principal officers.

    The protesters condemned the release of the duo and called on the EFCC to conduct thorough investigation into the allegations.

    The workers insisted that they should tow the path of honour by resigning from office to allow proper and thorough investigations.

    Both Daramola and Oresegun were on Wednesday quizzed by the EFCC over allegation of misappropriation of the university’s funds.

    It was reported that they were grilled at the commission branch’s office in Iyaganku, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over alleged abuse of office and misappropriation of funds.

    The VC was accused of drawing furniture allowance yearly instead of once in four years as approved and was paying himself housing allowance while residing in the university’s Vice Chancellor’s Quarters.

    He was also alleged of diverting funds from various unrelated subheads to finance other projects without the appropriate approvals for such virement.

    However, the university authorities have exonerated the VC and the bursar from any financial impropriety.

    Daramola yesterday said he is ready to provide clarification on his stewardship during and after his tenure in the institution.

    The FUTA VC, who spoke through the head of the Information and Protocol Unit, Mr. Adebanjo Adegbenro, said he has nothing to hide.

    He explained that after making his clarification at the EFCC, he was allowed to return to Akure on the same day.

    But Daramola said: “As part of its statutory responsibilities, the EFCC invited me to provide clarification over issues relating to his stewardship.

    “As a law-abiding citizen, I duly honoured the invitation and I also cooperated with the commission to provide the needed clarification. I was allowed to return to Akure.

    “I have no fear or hindrance in rendering the report of my stewardship whenever I am call upon to do so officially or unofficially since I have nothing to hide.”

    When contacted, the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Iwujare, confirmed the arrest of the two principal officers.

    He said: “I don’t have the details yet, but it has to do with an ongoing investigation by the commission.”

  • EFCC: I have nothing to hide says FUTA VC

    EFCC: I have nothing to hide says FUTA VC

    The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Prof. Adebiyi Daramola on Wednesday said he is always ready to provide clarification on his stewardship during and after his tenure in the institution.

    Daramola was reacting to a report on his invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged abuse of office.

    The FUTA VC, who spoke through the head of the Information and Protocol Unit, Mr. Adebanjo Adegbenro said he has nothing to hide.

    He explained that after making his clarification at the EFCC, he was allowed to return to Akure on the same day he was invited.

    It was reported that Daramola and the University’s Bursar, Emmanuel Ademola Oresegun where grilled by EFCC officials at the commission branch’s office in Iyaganku, Ibadan in Oyo State in respect of an alleged case of abuse of office and misappropriation of funds.

    The VC was accused of drawing furniture allowance annually instead of once in four years as approved and was paying himself housing allowance while residing in the University’s Vice Chancellor’s Quarters.

    He was also alleged of diverting funds from various unrelated subheads to finance other projects without the appropriate approvals for such virement.

    But Daramola said “as part of its statutory responsibilities, the EFCC invited me to provide clarification over issues relating to his stewardship.

    “As a law abiding citizen, I duly honoured the invitation and I also cooperated with the Commission to provide the needed clarification. I was allowed to return to Akure .

    “I have no fear or hindrance in rendering the report of my stewardship whenever I am called upon to do so officially or unofficially since I have nothing to hide”.

  • 12 FUTA students to complete studies in US

    12 FUTA students to complete studies in US

    The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Prof Adebiyi Daramola, has counseled 12 students of the university, who will complete their programmes at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America, to be of good behaviour.The 12  are the fourth set of  students to benefit from an academic exchange programme between the two institutions.

    The VC urged them to sustain the good image of their university in America at a send-off organised for them.

    Reviewing the performance of the students  since the inception of the 4+1+1 programme under which selected FUTA students would complete the last year of their undergraduate programme in FAMU and proceed to do their masters, Daramola said: “I am very happy to announce to you that your predecessors in the programme have made us proud.  They keep our flag flying and keep making us shine.  I want you to make FUTA shine better.  Since the programme started, we have received positive reports about our students.  They have performed morally and academically well.  As I am talking to you, one of them, who went in 2014 will be completing his Doctorate in April, 2017.   That is why I always say sky is not just the limit, but the starting point for the serious type.  Therefore, I urge you to utilise this rare opportunity to your full advantage.”

    Daramola urged the students to justify their parents’ investment and be good ambassadors of their country. He also spoke of a similar programme taking off in Germany next year.

    “Our collaboration with world class universities keep soaring.  By next year, our students will be going to Germany.  This is because we want them to have opportunities their peers in other universities in Nigeria do not have,” he said.

    In his address, the Director, International Office, FUTA, Prof Akintunde Akindahunsi, counseled the students to face their studies and not misuse the opportunity.  He described  America as a land of opportunities open to both success and failure, depending on one’s choice.

    Responding on behalf of his peers, Oladosun Olayinka of the Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering (MME) assured the University Management and parents that they will be of good behaviour.

    Another student, Akintola Taofeek of the Department of Electrical Electronics Engineering said: “I did not expect this coming my way when I started my studies here, but I see it as God’s making.  I want to advice other students to study hard because there is no time success cannot come one’s way.”

    Chidinma Obinegbo described the exchange programme as a privilege. “I am really excited with this achievement.  You cannot come by this opportunity in other higher institutions in Nigeria.  It is a rare privilege that should not be abused,” she said.

  • FUTA appoints librarian

    The Council of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) has appointed Dr. Belau Olatunde Gbadamosi as the new University Librarian with effect from August 1, 2016.

    Gbadamosi, a Chartered Librarian, has a doctorate in Library and Information Studies as well as a Bachelor in Education and a Master’s in Library Studies (MLS) all from the University of Ibadan.

    He started his career at the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Lanlate Campus, Oyo State in 1991 and rose through the ranks to become the College Librarian in 2010.

    He joined Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State in September 2012 as the University Librarian before his recent appointment by FUTA.

    Gbadamosi, a member of the Nigerian Library Association (NLA) and Member, Library Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN) has a lot of publications in both International and local Journals to his credit.

    He has participated in several academic conferences and workshops locally and internationally

    Gbadamosi, 58, is married with children.

  • FUTA appoints librarian

    The Council of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) has appointed Dr. Belau Olatunde Gbadamosi as the new University Librarian with effect from August 1, 2016.

    Gbadamosi, a Chartered Librarian, has a doctorate in Library and Information Studies as well as a Bachelor in Education and a Master’s in Library Studies (MLS) all from the University of Ibadan.

    He started his career at the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Lanlate Campus, Oyo State in 1991 and rose through the ranks to become the College Librarian in 2010.

    He joined Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State in September 2012 as the University Librarian before his recent appointment by FUTA.

    Gbadamosi, a member of the Nigerian Library Association (NLA) and Member, Library Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN) has a lot of publications in both International and local Journals to his credit.

    He has participated in several academic conferences and workshops locally and internationally

    Gbadamosi, 58, is married with children.