Charles Ayo

Charles Korede Ayo is a Nigerian academic, administrator and former vice-chancellor of the Covenant University.[1][2] Prior to succeeding Aize Obayan as Vice Chancellor, he was the head of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences. He is also involved in research on computer and communications topics, such as electronic commerce and mobile computing.[3][4][5] Ayo has placed emphasis on leadership training at Covenant University,[6] as well as on academic performance and "Godly standards."[7] He seeks to make Covenant University "one of the top 10 universities in the world" within a decade.[8][9]

Charles Korede Ayo
Vice Chancellor, Covenant University
In office
2012–2016
Preceded byAize Obayan
Succeeded byAAA Atayero
Personal details
Born (1958-10-31) 31 October 1958
Egbe, Kogi State
ResidenceCanaanland, Ogun State
Alma materAhmadu Bello University
Obafemi Awolowo University
University of Ilorin

He was the best graduating student in Computer Science at Ahmadu Bello University in 1984. Ayo has a Ph.D.[5] in Numerical Computation from the University of Ilorin. Prior to joining Covenant, he taught at Lagos State University. He is married with four children.[5]

In 2017, Ayo delivered the keynote speech on Restructuring the higher education delivery for human capital development and national transformation at the convocation ceremony for Crawford University.[10]

References
  1. University, Covenant. "Covenant University gets New Vice-Chancellor / News / Home - Covenant University". covenantuniversity.edu.ng. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  2. Ogundare, Tunbosun (8 Nov 2012). "Covenant University appoints new VC". National Mirror. Retrieved 6 Aug 2014.
  3. "Professor Charles Ayo (Google Scholar page)". Retrieved 6 Aug 2014.
  4. "Charles Ayo". Covenant University. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  5. "The Vice Chancellor". Covenant University. Retrieved 6 Aug 2014.
  6. "Covenant University turns out 1,334 graduates". Daily Independent. Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 6 Aug 2014.
  7. "Covenant University Honoured As Best Higher Institution In 2013". Nigeria Spur. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 6 Aug 2014.
  8. Alabi, Mojeed (16 Jul 2014). "Nobel laureate joins Covenant varsity". New Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 6 Aug 2014.
  9. Ogundare, Tunbosun (24 Jul 2014). "Covenant University VC urges indigenous solution to Nigerian problems". National Mirror. Retrieved 6 Aug 2014.
  10. "Crawford varsity graduates 270". The Nation.


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