Press release Prof Olufemi Peters Elected as NOUN VC by Elijah - BBCNOUN December 4, 2020 December 4, 2020 1K views 4 minutes read Bookmark 1K Sharing is caring:Prof Olufemi Peters Elected as NOUN VC Olufemi A. Peters, a Professor of Chemistry, Thursday emerged as the newly elected Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Peters, 64, beat six other candidates to clinch the coveted seat in a keenly contested race at the nation’s only single-mode Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institution. He is to take over the reins from the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu, whose five-year single tenure elapses on 10th February 2021. Professor Peters, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of NOUN, boasts an impressive track record of academic excellence spanning three decades, including many competencies in the area of ODL. The newly elected VC, who is of Ogun state origin, holds a Bachelor’s degree (Second Class Upper) in Chemistry from University of Ibadan (1979), a Masters’ degree in Polymer Science and Technology from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, (1982) and a Ph.D. (Degradation and Stabilisation in Polymers) from Victoria University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology (1988), United Kingdom. He has over 60 published works, 44 of which are Journal articles, and the remaining are peer-reviewed published proceedings and technical reports in the fields of chemistry, polymer science and technology, agriculture, and ODL in peer-reviewed international and local journals. Owner of a Google scholar index of 8, the newly elected VC has supervised a total of 16 postgraduate students, seven of whom were doctoral candidates (four of whom are now professors). He has contributed to scientific innovations by co-designing and constructing a locally made (made-in-Nigeria) 600 Gloss-metre for determining gloss levels of surfaces, including that of the human skin, and, by leading the team that patented diatomaceous earth (DE), non-toxic grain-protectant, trademarked NSPRIDUST which can protect stored agricultural grains for 16 months. Professor Peters is a member of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN) and a Fellow of the Society as well. Aside from having been a member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (2007), he is also a member of other professional bodies: The Polymer Institute of Nigeria (PIN); the African Council for Distance Education (ACDE); the Materials Science & Technology Society of Nigeria (MSN), and the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN). He has over 40 years of post-graduate experience in teaching, research, administration, and management of higher education in general and in Open, Distance, and eLearning (ODeL) in particular. His work experience spans 20 years at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1982 – 2002); 16 years at the NOUN (2003 – to date); a visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Lagos, Lagos (2012 – 2013), and a five-year tenured appointment as Executive Director and Chief Executive at the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Ilorin (2014 – 2018), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. During these work experiences, he also served on many accreditation panels at all levels of education in the country, including the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) for advanced level programmes (1990–2001); National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), (2000); National Board for Technical Education for Polytechnics (2000), and National Universities Commission (NUC) for Universities (2008). He also served variously at the national level as a member and chairman of a number of committees for the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) (1990 – 1991) and at Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) (1992-2001). Professor Peters, who is blessed with three children, speaks English and Yoruba fluently while he understands Hausa sparingly. 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