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OAU’s Professor Of Medicine Found Dead In Office

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Professor Solomon Ogunniyi, Provost of the College of Health Sciences at the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, is dead.

Ogunniyi, 60, died in his office within the university premises on Thursday.

Though the cause of his death could not be ascertained as at press time, he reportedly went into his office but did not come out for many hours resulting in suspicion by some of his colleagues.

He was later found dead in his chair.

Born in 1955 at Egbe, Kogi State, Nigeria, the late Ogunniyi attended Titcombe College, Egbe, Kogi State, Nigeria between 1969 and 1973.

He proceeded to the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1973 where he had B.sc (Hons) degree in 1977 and MBChB in 1980.

He had his residency training programme at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals complex, Ile Ife from 1982 to 1988 when he became a Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS).

He joined the services of the Obafemi Awolowo University in 1988 as lecturer I/Consultant and rose through the ranks to become a professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology in 1997, according to the university’s website which described him as a current provost.

Professor Ogunniyi won many awards of distinctions among which are Best Students in School Certificate (1973), National Scholarship Award for Best Student in Preliminary Class (1973- 1974), May and Baker prize for Best Student in Part II MBChB Examination (1978), Distinction Pass in Final Examinations in Pathology (1978), Obstetrics and Gynecology (1980), Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Prize for overall Best Student in Final MBChB Examination, Commonwealth Medical Fellowship for study and research in High Risk Obstetrics, Ultrasonography and Fetal Medicine at the University of London Royal Postgraduate medical School, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

He was a member of many professional bodies both within and outside Nigeria and had published over 75 full length articles in local and international scientific journals.

In the university, Professor Ogunniyi functioned in various capacities as Head, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatology between 2000 and 2006, Chairman, Postgraduate Medical Training Committee of OAUTHC between 2001 and 2005 and Chairman, MDCAN (OAUTHC) between 2001 and 2006.

 

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OAU student union leaders budget N1.8m for phone calls

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Student Union executives and legislators at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, have budgeted N1, 837, 550 to make official phone calls between August, 2015 and January, 2016.

In a copy of the Student Union budget made available to Punch and debated by members of the OAU Student Representative Council on Sunday evening, the leaders also had a separate budget for internet facilities and sending of bulk Short Message Service.

The Punch Newspaper reported that the sum, which did not include the one for purchase of phones, was budgeted by the leadership of the Central Executive Council and Students’ Representative Council led by Mr. Omotayo Akande and Mr. Adebari Aare respectively.

Others are the clerk, deputy speaker, halls of residence executives, chairmen and secretary of transport, judicial, and budget and finance committees.

The student union leaders, who in totality budgeted N26, 090, 469 for their various needs, are expecting an income of about N15m.

A breakdown of the budget showed that the speaker, Mr. Adebari Aare, proposed to spend N232, 500 for official phone calls for 310 days, while the president of the union also proposed to make calls for 180 days with N108, 000.

Among other items that surfaced on the president’s budget were fuelling at the cost of N270,000; bus maintenance, N300, 000; ‘intervention’, N300, 000; and security vote, N300, 000.

Contained in the speaker’s budget is welfare costing N217, 000; long journey and short journey accommodation, N1, 250, 000; long and short journey trip, N500, 000 among others.

When contacted, the Chairman, Budget and Finance Committee, Mr. Abayomi Samuel, said the budget had not been approved.

Samuel, whose committee also budgeted N114, 000 for phone calls, added that some of the expenses had been reduced.

It was gathered that students of the university are divided over the budget as one of them, identified as Sammy, said, “How will they say they want to make phone calls with that kind of money when we are all complaining of poor toilet facilities and lack of food in our hostels. This is extreme wickedness.”

-Punch