JUST IN: REDEEMER’S UNIVERSITY APPOINTS PROF. YERIMA AS NEW DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR
The Governing Council of the Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, has approved the appointment of Professor Ahmed Parker Yerima as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the institution during her 68th statutory meeting held recently. In addition, the Redeemer’s University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Anthony Akinlo, has appointed Professor Olalere Adeyemi, as the new Provost of the College of Postgraduate Studies (CPGS) of the institution and affirmed that, his appointment takes effect from 7th of March,2023.
The institution Public Relations Officer, Pastor Adebiyi Adeleye who made these known in a statement in Osogbo on Sunday, stated that, Professor Yerima is an eminent academic, award-winning playwright, and Professor of Theatre and Cultural Studies in the Department of Theatre Arts and Film Studies, Faculty of Humanities.According to the state)ment, Professor Yerima was born in Lagos on the 8th of May 1957. He had his primary education at St. Bernadette’s Private School, Abeokuta, where he proceeded to Lagos Baptist Academy and obtained the West African School Certificate and Higher School Certificates in 1971-1977. He also obtained a Diploma and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University between 1977 and 1981. “It stressed that, he proceeded to University College, Cardiff in 1982 where he obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Playwriting and Acting. He obtained his Doctoral degree in Dramatic Theory and Criticism in 1986 at the Royal Holloway College, University of London. Professor Yerima worked at the University of Ife (1984-85) and Ahmadu Bello University (1985-1991).He is also a Fellow of the distinguished Nigerian Academy of Letters. In 2022, he got a grant which enabled the training of two Master of Arts students in Directing at the Department of Theatre and Film Studies in professional productions outside the university. Also, in 2023, he endowed a N1,000,000 prize in perpetuity on a Faculty rotational basis for the best doctoral thesis in the College of Postgraduate Studies. He is happily married and blessed with children. His appointment takes effect from 7th March 2023.Meanwhile, the Redeemer’s University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Anthony Akinlo, has appointed Professor Olalere Adeyemi, as the new Provost of the College of Postgraduate Studies of the institution. His appointment takes effect from 7th March 2023.The statement hinted that, Prof. Adeyemi is an alumnus of the University of Ibadan, where he obtained both a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Chemistry and a Master of Science degree in Analytical Chemistry in 1988 and 1991 respectively. Professor Adeyemi later continued his postgraduate work at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, where he successfully defended his Ph.D. in 1999 and was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy in Organometallics Chemistry in 2000.”His bench work for his doctoral degree was carried out at the Structural Chemistry Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, with the aid of the Taiwanese National Science Council Research Assistance Grant under Professor Ling-Kang, Liu from 1997 to 1999. He later proceeded to the School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, for his postdoctoral fellowship in 2001 under Professor Neil J. Coville. In 2007, he also won a research fellowship of the DST and NRF of South Africa, tenable at the School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg under Professor N.J. Coville.”“He is a two-time recipient of The World Academy of Science (TWAS) visiting scholar at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China under Professor Jinkui Tang.
He attended International Summer School on Radiochemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, and LC-MS Training: A hands-on Approach at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya. In 2019, he proceeded to the University of Jena, Germany, through a fellowshi
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