The federal government through the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyat Ahmed Rufa'i, has appointed two new deputy rectors for the Yaba College of Technology. They are Dr Morouf Adebakin, Deputy Rector, Administration, and Mr Innocent Akhuemonkhan, Deputy Rector, Academics.
Adebakin until his appointment was the Director, YABATECH Consult, the Business/Consultancy arm of the college.
He joined YABATECH as Lecturer III in 1993 – 10 years after he worked in the college as a clerical officer - and rose through the ranks to become a Chief Lecturer in January 2011.
He graduated from the University of Ibadan in 1988 with a BSc in Psychology and later the University of Lagos with MSc Psychology and PhD in Organisational Behaviour in 1990 and 2011. The new Deputy Rector, Academic, Mr Innocent Akhuemonkhan until his appointment was a Chief Lecturer and Pioneer Director, Academic Planning Unit of the college.
He joined YABATECH as a Lecturer II in 1981, and rose to the position of Chief Lecturer in the Department of Food Technology in January 1999. He was Head of Department of Food Technology from 1991 to 1997.
He obtained his B.Sc. Honours Upper Division, in Biochemistry (1976) and M.Sc. Food Technology (1981) at the University of Ibadan.
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