By Folorunso Fatai Adisa
It was around 03:57 p.m (GMT), today, Friday, January 13, 2023, when I received the good news that a unique UNILORITE and illustrious son of Ifetedo, Prof. Jeleel Olasunkanmi Ojuade had emerged as the Vice-Chancellor of Crown-Hill University, Eiyenkorin, Kwara State.
Everyone who knows Prof Ojuade knows him for the commitment, diligence and excellence he would always bring into whatever he does.
Consequently, when the delightful news item surfaced, my first impulse was to congratulate the university on its fortune of having such a thrilling thespian, Dancer and prodigious professor at the helms of its affairs, with — his attitude of excellence— every promise of taking the institution to its altitude.
Significantly, several things appear to define Professor Jeleel. Anyone who has had any dealings with him will be awed and captivated by his startling level of selflessness and integrity. A restlessly productive academic cum administrator.
The choice of Prof. Ojuade as the Vice-Chancellor of
Crown-Hill University must have been inspired by God as a round peg in a round hole. Hence, appointing him to pilot the affairs of the school is like asking a 5-star, battle-tested general to quell a fight between two boys on a street in Mushin!
Importantly, as a fine scholar who had effortlessly married the gown to the town, I have the conviction that he would use his vast networks within and outside his academic circles to bring traction to the University and it would soon become a magnet attracting the biggest names in many disciplines across the country and beyond to the school.
On the whole, I congratulate Crown-Hill University for having our genuine Jelee, an academic of robust stature, as its Vice-Chancellor. May everything good fall in place for both the university and its staffers.
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