The Board of Regents, Covenant University, Ota, has appointed Prof. Akan Williams as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the Institution.
Mr Attat Emmanuel, Information Officer of the Institution, disclosed this in a statement in Ota.
The appointment of Williams follows the expiration of the tenure of the immediate past Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Aaron Atayero.
Williams holds B.Sc Chemistry; M.Sc Petroleum Chemistry and Ph.D Environmental Chemistry.
He was born on February 16, 1970, in Calabar, Cross River State and he is a native of Itoko, Ibesikpo-Asutan Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom.
He is a Fellow of Chemical Society of Nigeria; a former Chairman, Ogun Chapter, Chemical Society of Nigeria; Member, Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria; Member, Royal Society of Chemistry and a member American Chemical Society among others.