Dr. Sani Man-Yahaya has been appointed as the sixth substantive Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Ede in Osun State by President Muhammadu Buhari.
A letter containing the appointment was provided to newsmen in Osogbo on Wednesday by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Sola Lawal, and signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu.
The letter states that the appointment was in accordance with the Federal Polytechnic Act as amended in 2019 and was made for a single tenure of five years beginning on November 21, 2022.
In a statement that included the new Rector’s résumé, Lawal added that Man-Yahaya had previously served as the Deputy Rector of the Federal Polytechnic in Bida, Niger State.
“He was Educated at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, where he obtained his B. Eng. in Computer Engineering in 1994, MSc. Telecommunications Engineering in 2008 at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and PhD. Wireless and Control Engineering in 2014 also at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
“Dr. Sani Man-Yahaya joined the service of the Federal Polytechnic Bida in 1996 and served in various capacities in the institution before he became a Chief Lecturer at the same Institution,” the statement concluded.
