The Vice Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun, has called on administrative staff of the Institution to embrace electronic registry to ensure prompt service delivery and less of paperwork.
Prof. Ajibefun, who gave the advice while declaring open a workshop organized by the University’s Chapter of the Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrators, ANUPA, also advised the senior administrative staff of the Institution to replicate themselves in their subordinates.
The VC, who was represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Prof. Francis Gbore, said, “I want to urge those of you who had acquired professional skills over the years to begin to replicate yourselves in your subordinates, while you too should also strive hard to update your skills in tandem with the 21st century ways of engagement and working.
“In addition to that, I want to challenge ANUPA to think of e-registry at this workshop in order to key into the vision of making administrative staff to be 21st century compliant. Achieving this, I believe, will enhance your service delivery.”
While commending ANUPA’s efforts in honing the skills of its members, the VC said the initiative complemented the Varsity’s regular training of its staffers through various platforms both within and outside the country.
He noted, “At the Management level, we will continue to give adequate attention to training and retraining of our staffers such that they could be at par with their colleagues globally.”
The VC emphasized the importance of administrators to the uplift of the University, saying, “Without mincing words, the academics are often helpless and distracted, when they do not have competent, experienced or dependable administrators to manage their processes and functions beyond teaching in the classroom and conducting research in the laboratories.
“Universities need professionals to document their decisions, carry out the implementation of specific regulations, guide and take custody of specific institutional issues and responsibilities, implement policies and programmes, service meetings and represent the University in activities of less academic nature.”
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Meanwhile, in his paper, titled, “Adherence to Professional Ethics Makes a University Administrator Par Excellence”, the Acting Registrar, Mr. Opeoluwa Akinfemiwa, charged the participants to exhibit discipline, good attitude to work, courage, honesty and loyalty at all times.
Earlier, Mr. Ganiyu Saliu, a Deputy Registrar (Human Resources and Development) from the University of Ibadan, in his lecture, titled, “Structure and Governance of 21st Century University: The Registry in Perspective”, stressed that governance and administrative structure of universities must be clear and adequate, adding that a truly professional administrator must imbibe friendliness, fairness and firmness.
In his remark, the Chairman of the AAUA chapter of ANUPA, Mr. Razaq Owamoyo, thanked the University Management for its support and appreciated the Planning Committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Tope Famuti for organizing a befitting workshop.
