Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo
State has approved the appointment of an oil magnate and philanthropist, Chief
Tunde Afolabi, MFR, as the pioneer Chancellor of the state-owned Technical
University, Ibadan.
Ajimobi in a statement on Friday
evening by Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Olalekan Alli said that the
appointment takes immediate effect.
The statement described the
67-year-old Oyo State indigene as a 1973 Geology graduate of the Franklin and
Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; and holds a Master of Science
in Geology from the Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Afolabi is a major player in the
oil industry, having worked with TEXACO Inc, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and
Mobil USA INC. Dallas Texas, USA, before returning home to establish AMNI
Production Company Limited, Lagos; a petroleum exploration outfit.
The new chancellor is a Fellow of
the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society; fellow, Science Association of
Nigeria; fellow, Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists and a proud
recipient of the prestigious ECOWAS Distinguished Corporate Achievers Award.
Chief Afolabi is also a 2009
recipient of the Doctor of Technology (Honoris Causa) of the Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology, Ogbomoso; as well as Doctor of Geology (Honoris
Causa) of the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo in 2017.
He is a certified member of the
American Association of Petroleum Geologists; member of New Orleans Geological
Society and an Active member of the Nigerian Association of Indigenous
Exploration and Production Companies.
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