Faculty of Administration

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Welcome Address

We are pleased to welcome you to the online platform of the Faculty of Administration of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. This Faculty is one of the oldest in the citadel of learning and has, therefore, successfully produced a good number of graduates and postgraduate levels. Most of the alumni of the Faculty are among the current and retired top administrative officials in the private and public sector, captains of government and non-governmental industries as well as exemplars who have made deep-rooted marks in their various areas of endeavours. On behalf of the entire staff and students of the Faculty, we appreciate your visit to this platform. Thank you for coming and please remember that social distancing and other safety measures are the only tools against COVID-19 pandemic. Kindly stay safe.

The Faculty hosts four important departments, namely Management & Accounting, Public Administration, International Relations and Local Government & Development Studies. In the current session, the Departments run prestigious degrees, namely, B.Sc. M.Sc. and Ph.D. Others are various professional master’s degrees namely Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master of International Relations (MIR) and Master of Local Government & Development Studies (MLDS) as well as other postgraduate diploma and university Diploma in Local Government Studies.

The Departments utilise top and contemporary tools for teaching and research in the development at the grassroots, national and global best practices in management and accounting, public policy and administrative skills and international diplomacy. On behalf of the entire staff and students of the Faculty, we appreciate your visit to this platform. Our goal is to further push the frontiers of knowledge for the formulation of public/financial/diplomatic policy and administrative plans for Nigerian and African authorities that are competitive among global actors.

On behalf of the entire staff and students of the Faculty, we appreciate your visit to this platform. Thank you for coming and please remember that social distancing and other safety measures are the only tools against COVID-19 pandemic. Kindly stay safe.

Discover Our Departments

International Relations

The Department of International Relations began essentially as a Postgraduate Unit for research and training in the former Institute of Administration in 1963.

However, the expansion of the Nigerian diplomatic missions from 36 in 1966 to 72 in mid-1975, as well as the need to staff them with people possessing relevant academic training and skill led to the introduction of a Bachelor Degree Programme.

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Local Government and Development Studies

The programme in Local Government Studies started at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in 1984 as a training programme funded by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The programme was (and still is being) run in three regional centers, namely: Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (ABU) for the north; University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) for the east; and Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) for the west.

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Management & Accounting

The Department of Management and Accounting is one of the four departments created when the then Institute of Administration was converted into a Faculty by a special resolution of the University Senate on 5th March 1976.

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Public Administration

The Department of Public Administration inherited all the programmes of the institute, which had a public service orientation at its inception in 1976.

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The Dean's Profile

PROF. FRANCIS, OLUYEMI FAGBOHUN

Faculty History

FACULTY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Faculty History

FACULTY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

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SN	DEAN	PERIOD OF SERVICE
1	Prof. G. A. Ojo	1^st Aug., 1976 – 31^st July, 1977
2	Prof. B. O. Oloruntimehin	1^st Aug., 1977 – 31^st July, 1979
3	Prof. O. Adamolekun	1^st Aug., 1979 – 31^st July, 1981
4	Prof. O. Aluko	1^st Aug., 1981 – 31^st July, 1985
5	Prof. A. O. Sanda	1^st Aug., 1985 – 31^st July, 1989
6	Prof. O. Aborisade	1^st Aug., 1989 – 31^st July, 1996
7	Prof. O. Omopariola	1^st Aug., 1996 – 31^st July, 2000
8	Prof. S. B. Ayo	1^st Aug., 2000 – 31^st July, 2001
9	Prof. Olusola Ojo	1^st Aug., 2001 – 31^st July, 2004
10	Prof. K. Soremekun	1^st Aug., 2004 – 31^st July, 2006
11	Prof. Bamitale Omole	1^st Aug., 2006 – 31^st July, 2008
12	Prof. M. L. Nassar	1^st Aug., 2008 – 31^st Nov., 2008
13	Prof. W. Alade-Fawole	1^st Dec.., 2008 – 31^st July, 2010
14	Prof. E. J. Erero	1^st Aug., 2010 – 31^st July, 2012
15	Prof. A. M. Awotokun	1^st Aug., 2012 – 31^st July, 2014
16	Prof. T. O. Asaolu	1^st Aug., 2014 – 31^st July, 2016
17	Prof. M. O. Okotoni	1^st Aug., 2016 – 31^st July, 2018
18	Prof. M. L. Nassar	1^st Aug., 2018 – 31^st July, 2019
19	Prof. A. A. Agboola	1^st Aug., 2019 – 2023
20	Prof. Francis Oluyemi Fagbohun	1^st Aug., 2023 – Till Date