Olapegba ya fara wa’adin shekara biyar a matsayin shugaban Jami’ar Ibadan (vice-chancellor)

Farfesa Peter Olamakinde Olapegba ya fara wa’adinsa na shekara biyar a matsayin shugaban Jami’ar Ibadan na 14 a ranar Lahadi, 1 ga Nuwamba 2026. Jaridar jami’a IndyPress da Freshpage sun ruwaito fara wa’adin, bayan wa’adin Farfesa Kayode Oyebode Adebowale ya ƙare ranar 31 ga Oktoba. Wannan sauyi ya ɗora wani tsohon babban jami’in gudanarwar jami’ar a kan shugabancinta.

An sanar da ranar fara aiki watanni da suka gabata. Rahoton Radio Nigeria na Yuli kan naɗin ya ce Majalisar Gudanarwar jami’ar ta amince da Olapegba ranar 22 ga Yuli, bisa shawarar kwamitin zaɓe na haɗin gwiwar majalisar gudanarwa da majalisar ilimi. Sanarwar farko da sabbin rahotannin suna bayyana matakai daban: zaɓe a Yuli, sannan fara wa’adi a Nuwamba.

Olapegba ya taɓa zama mataimakin shugaban jami’a mai kula da gudanarwa, tun ranar 8 ga Nuwamba 2023. Farfesa ne a fannin Applied Social Psychology, wato nazarin halayyar ɗan Adam a zamantakewa da amfani da wannan ilimi. Ayyukansa na baya sun haɗa da jagorancin tsangayar kimiyyar zamantakewa da ofishin hulɗa da tsofaffin ɗalibai, da zama memban Majalisar Gudanarwa. Waɗannan ayyuka suna nuna ƙwarewarsa a jami’ar; ba su tabbatar da sakamakon sabon shugabancinsa ba.

IndyPress ta ruwaito cewa ya shiga jami’ar a matsayin malami a matakin Assistant Lecturer a Yuni 2000, kuma ya zama farfesa a Oktoba 2014. Ta kuma ce ya sami digirinsa na farko da na biyu da na uku a Ibadan. Bincikensa ya shafi halayyar zamantakewa, lafiya da muhalli, ciki har da ɗabi’a da ingancin rayuwa.

An shirya bikin ƙaddamarwa ranar 2 ga Nuwamba a Trenchard Hall, bisa sanarwar THISDAY ta baya. An lissafa Farfesa Akin Ogundiran na Northwestern University a matsayin mai gabatar da laccar bikin. Don haka bikin abu ne da ake shirin yi a lokacin wannan rahoto, daban da fara wa’adin shugaban jami’ar ranar 1 ga Nuwamba.

Ga ɗalibai da ma’aikata, abin da aka tabbatar a yanzu shi ne canjin shugabanci. Majiyoyin da aka duba ba su sanar da sabon jadawalin kuɗin makaranta, dokar shiga jami’a ko kalandar karatu a wannan miƙa mulki ba. Ya kamata a tantance waɗannan batutuwa ta sanarwar jami’a da za ta zo daga baya. Rahoton nan bai ɗauki sauyin shugaba a matsayin hujjar cewa an riga an amince da sabbin manufofi ba.