{"id":32951,"date":"2020-11-30T16:17:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=32951"},"modified":"2020-11-30T16:17:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:17:51","slug":"breaking-university-of-ibadan-senate-appoints-ekanola-as-acting-vc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/breaking-university-of-ibadan-senate-appoints-ekanola-as-acting-vc","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: University of Ibadan Senate appoints Ekanola as Acting VC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Senate of the University of Ibadan on Monday elected an Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Adebola Babatunde Ekanola.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST gathered that Ekanola until his appointment was the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics.<\/p>\n<p>Our correspondent recalls that five Professors had indicated interest in succeeding the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka whose tenure expired on the 30th of November, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Ekanola scored 275 votes to defeat four other rivals vying for the position.<\/p>\n<p>Others who contested include Professor Olanike Adeyemo who scored 13 votes, Professor A. 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