Department of Estate Management Ajayi Crowther University Oyo

NOTE ON THE FIRST 100 DAYS
OF PROFESSOR (MRS.) EBUNOLUWA OLUFEMI ODUWOLE, FNAL
AS VICE CHANCELLOR, AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY, OYO

The first one hundred days of Professor (Mrs.) Ebunoluwa Olufemi Oduwole’s administration as Vice Chancellor of the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, stand out as a period marked by clarity of vision, purposeful leadership, and visible institutional reawakening.

Within a remarkably short time, her tenure has demonstrated that leadership can be both humane and transformative, combining intellectual depth with practical action.

Central to this early success is her well-articulated agenda, which provides a coherent roadmap for academic excellence, administrative efficiency, ethical governance, staff and student welfare, infrastructural development, and sustainable growth. What makes this agenda unique is not merely its ambition, but the speed and sincerity with which it is being translated into action.

Particularly noteworthy is the “Green Ajayi Crowther University” policy, which has emerged as a defining signature of her administration. This policy goes beyond symbolism to embody a philosophy of environmental responsibility, community engagement, and sustainable living. By foregrounding environmental consciousness, the Vice Chancellor has repositioned Ajayi Crowther University as a forward-looking institution that aligns academic life with global best practices on climate action and ecological stewardship.

The environmental sanitation walk that held to mark her first 100 Days in office on Saturday, 10th January 2026, in respect of which members of the university joyfully participated, is a powerful illustration of this vision. It reinforces the idea that a clean, healthy, and green campus is a shared responsibility - one that fosters discipline, unity, and pride in the institution. Such an initiative not only enhances the physical environment of the university but also inculcates values of civic duty and sustainability in staff and students alike.

As the university marks this symbolic milestone, the Ajayi Crowther University community celebrates a Vice Chancellor whose early strides inspire confidence and hope. Professor (Mrs.) Ebunoluwa Olufemi Oduwole, FNAL, has set a tone of excellence, responsibility, and renewal that promises enduring impact.

Encomiums are, therefore, due to her visionary leadership, uncommon dedication, and courageous commitment to sustainable development and institutional progress.

We extend our warmest goodwill wishes to her as she continues this noble journey, praying for wisdom, strength, sound health, and resounding success in the remaining days of her five-year tenure, for the greater glory of Ajayi Crowther University and humanity at large.

Benjamin Olumuyiwa Popoola, FCIA, MNAL
Deputy Vice Chancellor

For and on behalf of distinguished other Principal Officers

Merry Christmas from all of us.

He who helps people to succeed will be successful! The entire members of staff and students of the Department of Estate Management rejoice with our ever energetic Head, Prof. Timothy Tunde Oladokun for the successful PhD. completion and convocation of his wife, Dr. Olayinka Oladokun - Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing)..
Congratulations, ma.

Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo (ACU) wears a Christmas look. Welcome to the season.
JOY TO THE WORLD THE LORD IS COME!

Hear him!

Digital Servitude Looms, Prof. Falola Warns Africa as ACU Graduates PhD holders - Ajayi Crowther University | A faith-based University in Nigeria The serene campus of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, came alive on Thursday as scholars, parents, graduands, and dignitaries converged for the highly anticipated 17th Convocation Ceremony. But long before the graduates would walk proudly across the stage to receive their Doctor of Philosophy degrees...

17th Convocation Lecture still on our minds
Prof. Toyin Falola FNAL

THE 2025 CONVOCATION LECTURE, AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY: A PREFACE

Ajayi Crowther University, one of the fastest-growing faith-based private tertiary institutions over the last decade, is set to hold its 17th Convocation ceremony on Thursday, November 27, 2025.

As part of its celebration of intellectual achievement, a Convocation Lecture on the theme “The Future of Knowledge” has been scheduled. The lecture is taking place in the Modupe and Folorunsho Alakija Faculty of Law Auditorium. The conference features scholars, students, policymakers, and the public and is an occasion to discuss the evolving dynamics of knowledge and power and their implications for humanity’s future.

The topic is an intentional intervention aligned with the present reality, where meaning, ownership, and the production of knowledge are being redefined. This theme, therefore, raises Ajayi Crowther University’s 17th convocation profile beyond mere celebration. It also presents signals that Ajayi Crowther University is committed to participating in Africa’s struggle for epistemic agency, where inherited modes of knowledge are challenged, learning is reimagined, and there is a strong demand that knowledge should serve humanity.

This lecture will examine the academic scene in Africa during the colonial era, when African universities were developed, modeled, and operated as caricatures and extensions of colonial bureaucracies. This position will provide a better understanding of how Western-centric knowledge penetrated African societies and became entrenched, while African epistemology was restricted and relegated to mere myths. It will also provide explanations on how products of these institutions functioned more as machinery for the continued survival of colonial administrations. In contrast, the institutions themselves became sites of both enlightenment and exclusion.
The lecture will continue in its stride by examining the African academic scene in the postcolonial era – a period where the number of tertiary institutions and their students rose. It will examine how these institutions remained heavily reliant on Western-centric epistemology, funding, and accreditation, and how the postcolonial African academic scene received a boost, but its operating system remained unchanged. Therefore, this lecture will address whether the educational scene of this period was booming or failed to achieve the progress Africa desired.

After examining the colonial and postcolonial eras, the lecture will be brought full circle with its examination of the contemporary era, where the terrain of knowledge has now shifted to incorporate Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and intensified migration, all of which have now democratized the production, certification, and dispersal of knowledge at an alarming pace. It will examine the benefits of this novel idea, which allows African students access to expertise beyond African borders, and the perils associated with it, as African nations could become dependent on these technologies, thereby reenacting the dependency features of the colonial and postcolonial African academic scenes.

At the core of this lecture, Artificial Intelligence will be examined as a tool that enhances efficiency and democratizes access to knowledge, yet introduces the questions of ethics and morality. Components of Artificial Intelligence, like algorithms that have the potential to replace human judgment, can inherit human bias and evolve into tools of domination, and will also be examined. Based on these evaluations, the discussion will focus on the path Africa should take with IoT and AI – accept, reject, or adapt.

The lecture will assess Africa’s survival odds with the emergence of new modes of intellectualism. Diversification and decolonization of knowledge, which could potentially breed pluriversalism as postulated by several African philosophers like Kwesi Prah and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, will be discussed as a viable means of survival for African epistemology for its coexistence with other modes of knowledge and as a means for African epistemology to be redefined as legitimate, modern, and globally relevant.

This development can also lead to the hybridization of knowledge, which will be further explained in the lecture as a blend of global and African expertise. The lecture will reimagine a future in which African epistemology serves as a medium for innovation through modes such as Afrofuturism. It will discuss the downsides of hybridity, especially as Artificial Intelligence can complicate it, breaking down barriers between human reasoning and machine algorithms and raising ethical issues. Going further, the lecture will assess automation – a new development upon which knowledge hovers, especially with the implementation of Artificial Intelligence. It will explore the dangers that could emerge if technology takes over the intellectual landscape and human duties, such as ethical reasoning, cultural sensitivity, and critical thinking, are left to machines.

Finally, the culmination of these diverse positions regarding the future of knowledge will be assessed to chart a future in which knowledge is guided by moral, cultural, and spiritual frameworks and in which the world can easily discern between fact and farce in a pool of information. As the lecture draws to a close, it will take cognizance of the fact that Africa’s intellectualism and that of the world continue to evolve; therefore, it will provide possible solutions and pathways for African institutions.

It will charge Ajayi Crowther University to become a bridge between faith and rationality, linking African epistemology to global epistemologies, as this could be a step in the right direction toward a future where knowledge serves humanity. As the host of this cerebral encounter, Ajayi Crowther University (ACU) will, at its 17th Convocation ceremony, be a party to history in the making. For on this day, it will have successfully discharged its mandate to transform minds, to reset values, and to build a learning community where the puzzles of a digitised, globalised, and plural society can be decoded with ease. In inviting me to this erudite gathering, the University is expressing its preparedness to pilot this navigation for the benefit of knowledge production in Africa and beyond.

What a splendid event. The 17th Convocation Ceremony witnessed the coming together of great Intellectuals, visiting Vice Chancellors and Registrars, guests from all.works.of life.Congratulations once again to the undergraduate and Postgraduate graduates for this great lift.

Ajayi Crowther University honours 76 First Class Students, as 3,633 graduates at 17th Convocation - Ajayi Crowther University | A faith-based University in Nigeria Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo, on Wednesday celebrated academic excellence as 76 graduating students received special recognition from the Vice Chancellor, Professor Ebunoluwa Olufemi Oduwole, for emerging with Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo, on Wednesday celebrated academic excellence....

It was great hearing this amiable intellectual icon, Professor of Professors - Prof. Toyin Falola, FNAL

APPRECIATION
The Leadership and members of the T.Y Danjuma Library thank, immensely, our amiable, agile, and versatile Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ẹbunoluwa Olufẹmi Oduwọle, FNAL, her Team of Management Members, Deans, Directors, academic and non-teaching staff, and all other Members of ACU Community for attending the 17th Convocation Library Exhibition themed, "20 years of Raising Godly Intellectuals" held yesterday, we are indeed honoured! - University Librarian (Dr. Bosede Ajiboye)

Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo graduates 46 undergraduate students in the DEPARTMENT OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT. This is a further testament to the complete commitment of the institution to professionalism and academic excellence. Kudos to the 5th Vice Chancellor and the first female Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebunoluwa Olufemi Oduwole, as this marks the first convocation to be conducted as the Vice Chancellor.
We also appreciate the unequivocal dynamism of the Head of Department, Prof. ESV. Timothy Tunde Oladokun and his team. Amongst whom are, Dr. ESV. Timothy Olugbemiga Adewolu, Dr. Theophilos Babatunde, ESV. Oyinlola Omotayo, and ESV. Ajagbe Yaya.
We congratulate the graduands of the 17th Convocation Ceremony.
We pray that this next phase will typify greater heights and better opportunities. Congratulations!