Education Minister, Adamu Adamu Announces Dr. Akinde As 6th FPI Rector (+photos)

ABUJA- The Honourable Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has announced the appointment of Dr. Mikhail Akinde as the 6th Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro-Yewa on Thursday, October 6, 2022.

Adamu made the announcement in Abuja while officially presenting the appointment letter to Akinde in his office, in the presence of Dr. (Mrs) Veronica, E. Ogbuagu, the Governing Council Chairman of the institution, another member of the Council, Mrs. Iyabo Amodu as well as the wife of the new Rector, Mrs. Adenike Akinde.

It would be recalled that Dr. Akinde was untill his new appointment, the Dean, School of Management Studies of the Polytechnic.

The new Rector of FPI, Dr. Mikhail Akinde of Aguro Quarters, Ilaro-Yewa, Ogun State holds Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy from the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro; Bachelor’s of Science (B.sc) in Economics from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago – Iwoye; M.sc Economics, from University of Ibadan; M.sc Finance from University of Lagos and Ph.D Finance from Convenant University, Ota.

He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria; a Registered Professional Financial Reporting Council
(FRC) of Nigeria; Member, Nigerian Economics Society (NES) and Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Taxation Nigeria.

A Google Scholar and Chief Lecturer in the institution, with several books and over 32 National and International journals to his credit, Akinde was until the new appointment, serving his second term as the Dean, School of Management Studies and has presented papers at local, National and International conferences and holds numerous honours and distinctions.

Publisher/Editor-in-Chief and the entire StaTrend Int’l magazine team wish the new FPI a successful tenure.