The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has elected Prof Olufemi Peters as its new vice-chancellor.
Peters, a professor of chemistry, defeated six other candidates in a keenly contested race on Thursday at the nation’s Open and Distance Learning institution.
The university said in a statement on Friday that the 64-year-old will take over from the outgoing vice-chancellor Prof. Abdalla Adamu whose five-year single tenure elapses on February 10, 2021.
Peters is a former deputy vice-chancellor of NOUN.
The Ogun State indigene holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from University of Ibadan (1979), a masters’ degree in Polymer Science and Technology from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, (1982) and a PhD in Degradation and Stabilisation in Polymers from Victoria University of Manchester, UK (1988).
He is a member and fellow of the Chemical Society of Nigeria.
