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 appointment, which takes effect on October 5, 2026, was approved during the Council’s regular meeting held on Thursday, September 17, 2026.

The Deputy Registrar and Head of the Directorate of Information and Corporate Affairs, EKSU, Mayowa Ogunlola, disclosed this in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday.

Babatola, who was a Deputy Registrar at the university before his appointment, is expected to oversee the administrative affairs of the institution in his new capacity.

According to the statement, the new Registrar attended Christ’s School, Ado-Ekiti, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti, now known as Ekiti State University.

He further obtained a Master of Science degree in Political Science, with a specialisation in Public Administration, from the University of Ibadan in 1997, and a PhD in History and International Studies from EKSU in 2019.

Dr Babatola, a former Global President of the EKSU Alumni Association, has held several senior administrative positions in the education sector.

His previous appointments include Registrar and Secretary to the Council of the National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration, Ondo, from 2017 to 2018; Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe Island, Bayelsa State, from 2018 to 2021; and Registrar and Secretary to the Council of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, from 2021 to 2025.

He also served as a Commissioner at the Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board.

Ogunlola described Babatola as an historian, public analyst, university administrator, and higher education manager, noting that he joined the services of EKSU in 2001 as an Administrative Officer One.

The university management congratulated Dr Jadesola Babatola on his appointment and wished him a successful tenure as Registrar and Secretary to the Council of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti.