Ajirioghene Imah
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Kamoru Kadiri as the 5th substantive Rector of The Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State.
His appointment was confirmed in a statement by the institution’s Director of Information, Public Relations and Protocol, Mr Olayinka Iroye.
According to Iroye, the appointment letter was signed and personally handed over to Kadiri by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, in his office with effect from March, noting that the appointment is a five-year single term.
Until his appointment, Kadiri was the Director of Affiliate Degree Programmes and Industrial Collaborations and was later appointed Ag. Rector of the Polytechnic Iresi, Osun State, on a one-year sabbatical in 2021.
The new Rector is a Registered Engineer and a FeIlow, Institute of Data Processing Management of Nigeria; Fellow, the Nigerian Society of Engineers; Member, the Nigerian Institute of Management (AMNIM).
Similarly, Kadiri is a member, Nigerian Institute of Engineering Management (NIEM); member, Engineering Regulation Bureau and Legislation Board of Nigerian Society of Engineers, and Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
He is an accomplished scholar who has contributed to knowledge and research with over 50 published journals, 17 published refereed conference proceedings, 25 seminar papers, and 20 single-authored textbooks in various fields of Engineering.
Kadiri has two patented inventions and 11 literary works with the Copyright Commission of Nigeria.
He had won research grants twice from Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and Clintonnel Innovation Centre.