EKSU Appoints New Registrar for Five-Year Term
The Governing Council of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, has approved the appointment of Dr Jadesola Babatola as the institution’s seventh substantive Registrar and Secretary to the Council for a five-year term. The approval was given during the council’s regular meeting on Thursday, September 17, 2026, according to a statement issued by the Deputy Registrar and Head of the Directorate of Information and Corporate Affairs, Mayowa Ogunlola. Babatola, who was a Deputy Registrar at the university before his appointment, is expected to assume office on October 5, 2026. The university described his appointment as a new chapter in its administration and wished him a successful tenure. Babatola attended Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the former Ondo State University, now EKSU. He later obtained a master’s degree in Political Science, specialising in Public Administration, from the University of Ibadan in 1997 and a PhD in History and International Studies from EKSU in 2019.
The new Registrar, who previously served as Global President of the EKSU Alumni Association, has held several senior administrative positions in the education sector. His career includes service as a Commissioner with the Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board, Registrar and Secretary to Council of the National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration, Ondo, from 2017 to 2018, and Registrar and Secretary to Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe Island, Bayelsa State, from 2018 to 2021. He also served as Registrar and Secretary to Council of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, between 2021 and 2025, before returning to EKSU. Babatola is a fellow of several professional bodies, including the Nigerian Institute of Management, Chartered Institute of Administration, Institute of Management Consultants and Institute of Corporate Administration. He is also a full member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management and a member of professional associations for university administrators in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. The university said he has established himself as a historian, public analyst, university administrator and higher education manager, having initially joined EKSU as an Administrative Officer One in 2001 after a brief period in the private sector.
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