A Professor of Chemistry, Olufemi Peters, has emerged the newly elected Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria.
A statement issued on Friday by NOUN Director of Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Sheme, said 64-year-old Peters emerged on Thursday, after beating six other candidates in a keenly contested race at the nation’s Open and Distance Learning institution. He is to take over from the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdalla Adamu, whose five-year single tenure elapses on February 10, 2021.
Peters, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of NOUN, has a track record of academic excellence spanning three decades, including many competencies in the area of ODL. The newly elected VC, who is of Ogun state origin, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from University of Ibadan , a Masters’ degree in Polymer Science and Technology from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, and a PhD in Degradation and Stabilisation in Polymers from Victoria University of Manchester, UK .DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON
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Very deserving, has paid his dues and a humane personality. A new era is dawning on this university. Congratulations Prof.
Thank God ooooo,hope NOUN will come alive with this new VC,the last one was a curse more than a blessing.
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Praise God!
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