JUST IN: Osun State Polytechnic Gets New Rector

The appointment of Dr. Olawoye Olaniran as the fifth substantive Rector of Osun State Polytechnic Iree was confirmed by the state Governor, Alh Isiaka Oyetola on Friday.

This was contained in a release from the office of the Osun State Head of Service in Osogbo, the State capital.

Until his appointment, Dr. Olaniran, a Chief Lecturer in the Department of Banking and Finance, was the Acting Rector of the Polytechnic, a position he occupied since 1st July, 2019, following the expiration of the tenure of the former Rector, Dr. Jacob Olusola Agboola who holds a Doctorate Degree in Entrepreneurship from Jomo Kenyata University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya, a Masters of Science in Economics from the University of Ibadan and Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from University of Lagos.

OsunReporters also gathered that, before the new rector joined the services of the Osun State Polytechnic Iree in 1994, Dr Olaniran had worked in Mortgage Bank of Nigeria between 1981 and 1992, and pioneer Manager of the Living Spring Savings and Loans Limited, (Now Omoluabi Savings and Loans), Osogbo.