Dr Ismaila Badmus of the Department of Mechanical Engineering has emerged the new Deputy Rector (Academics) of the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH).
This is contained in a statement issued on Friday by Mr Joe Ejiofor, Deputy Registrar of YABATECH, who is also the institution’s Head of Public Relations.
Ejiofor said that Badmus polled 75 votes to beat Dr Pauline Ehirheme of the Department of Office Technology and Management, who secured 13 votes during an emergency meeting of the college’s academic board.
According to Ejiofor, the election became necessary as tenure of Dr Titilayo Ukabam as YABATECH’s Deputy Rector ended in September 2022.
He said that the position had been vacant since then.
“As part of efforts to ensure proper and smooth administration of the college, a free and fair election has been held, and Badmus has emerged the new Deputy Rector (Academics),” he said.
The spokesman said that Badmus, a native of Ibadan, joined the service of YABATECH in 1997 as Lecturer 2 and rose to the position of Chief Lecturer in 2013.
The spokesman said that Badmus also headed YABATECH’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.
According to Ejiofor, Badmus holds a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD, also in Mechanical Engineering.
Ejiofor said that the new deputy rector, registered with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, has published a number of scholarly papers in both local and international journals.
Dr Ismaila Badmus, until his appointment is Chief Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. His academic history can be dated back to 1982 when he had his GCE A’level at The Polytechnic, Ibadan between 1982 & 1983. He then proceeded to University of Lagos for his first Degree, B.Sc., in Mechanical Engineering between 1983 and 1988, followed by his second Degree, M.Sc., in the same Institution and Department between 1994 and 1996. He later moved to the University of Ibadan between 2010 and 2015 for his Doctoral Degree, (PhD Mechanical Engineering: Thermolysis).