Oluwatoyinbo takes over agric college

Following the indefinite suspension of the provost of Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan, Dr. Babajide Adelekan as a result of his arraignment in court for financial impropriety by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Dr. Foluke Oluwatoyinbo was announced as the acting provost of the institution. This was made known by a source close to the office of the provost.

The source who declined to be identified said the suspension came barely six months to the expiration of Dr. Adelekan's administration and that it was due to a lot of under hand dealings, shoddy practices and misappropriation of funds unravelled by an investigative team consisting of representative of the Permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, a representative of the Agriculture Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), a director of Agriculture in Oyo state and Mrs Teju Phillips representing the College governing board.

 The source said the panel which frowned at the purchase of two Hilux Jeeps when there were no classrooms and offices did not mince words in condemning the hospital and road projects noting that those were the only visible projects on ground since the inception of the administration in 2015. 

The Executive provost Dr. Babajide Adelekan was said not to be on hand to receive or meet with the visitors despite of being informed of the visit and they went on a tour of the college ground inspecting structures and facilities.

Continued the source, “at the library for example, they requested for the day's newspaper which was not available. The college library could not provide any contemporary academic journals when request was made. The team went round to see the students in the examination halls as examination was on going. Determined to get a detailed report within the short time, the team moved to Lafia Hotels in the evening to continue the interactive session with the principal officers and the unions, it was discovered that staff, Heads of Departments and some principal officers were not in the know of a constituency project vocational training going on in the institution.”