GOVERNOR AJIMOBI APPOINTS OIL MAGNATE AS CHANCELLOR OF TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

He is a major player in the oil industry, having worked with TEXACO Inc, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and Mobil USA INC. Dallas Texas, USA, before returning home to establish AMNI Production Company Limited, Lagos, a petroleum exploration outfit.

The new chancellor is a Fellow of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society; Science Association of Nigeria; Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists and a recipient of the prestigious ECOWAS Distinguished Corporate Achievers Award.

He is a certified member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists; member of New Orleans Geological Society and an Active member of the Nigerian Association of Indigenous Exploration and Production Companies.