By Our Correspondent
The tenure of the outgoing Provost of Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Dr Ayodele Adetayo Ajayi has finally ended with an official handover to the Deputy Provost, Dr Rafiu Adekola Soyele as Acting Provost in line with the approval of the Honourable Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu.
Dr R. A. Soyele is to manage the affairs of the College as the Acting Provost until the Federal Government constitutes the Governing Council for the College and a substantive Provost is appointed.
The Acting Provost, Soyele Rafiu Adekola PhD (FCIPDM, MNIM,) has been the Deputy Provost of the College for over three and a half years.
Indeed, Dr Soyele is breaking records as the first indigene of Egbaland and the first Alumnus of the College to ever rise to this position in the history of the College since inception in 1976.
After his first degree in English Education from Obafemi Awolowo University Ife, Dr. Rafiu Soyele proceeded to the University of Lagos where he bagged his Med Adult Educ and M. A. English Language respectively before joining the services of the College as Lecturer II in 1997. He rose through the ranks to the enviable position of Chief Lecturer in the department of English in 2009, the very year he bagged his PhD in English (Sociolinguistics) from the Great University of Ibadan.
Dr Soyele has served the College in different capacities such as : Desk officer Federal Teachers Scheme , Coordinator, Center for Continuing Education and Consultancy; Head Department of English Language; pioneer Director, Centre for Advancement, Dean School of Languages, Director, Center for Degree Programmes and currently serving as Deputy Provost.
As a Scholar, he has attended numerous local and international conferences. He has to his credit several journal articles, chapters in books and book publications. Similarly, he has been conferred with various awards and distinctions.
Dr Soyele is quite hardworking, an admirer of the young generation, a progressive, a team player, staff welfare oriented and sociable personality . He is a devout muslim, happily married and blessed with children.
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