Ekiti governor’s wife bags professorship at UI

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The promotions were approved at a meeting of the university’s Appointments and Promotions Committee for Academic Staff held on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

The University of Ibadan (UI) has promoted the wife of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji, and 22 other academics to the rank of professor.
Also promoted is Dr Samuel O. Orekoya of the university’s Department of Economics. His promotion takes effect from 2024.

The promotions were approved at a meeting of the university’s Appointments and Promotions Committee for Academic Staff held on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

Oyebanji, who was previously a senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Management, has now been promoted to professor in the same department.

The university approved the promotion of 46 academic staff members. Of the number, 23 were promoted from reader to professor, while another 23 were elevated from senior lecturer to reader.
The promotions take effect from different dates between 2017 and 2025.

Other academics promoted to professor include Dr I. A. Salami of the Department of Early Childhood and Educational Foundations, whose promotion takes effect from 2022, and Dr Kemi Ogunsola of the Department of Data and Information Science.