The Vice-Chancellor, Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo, Professor Olanrewaju Olaniyan has joined the Asunmo family in celebrating the pioneer Registrar, Mrs. Olubunmi Siju’ Asunmo, fcia, fanc, fipan, fanupa, mnim as she attains the diamond age. The Chief Executive describes Mrs. Asunmo as a team player and a woman of God whose contributions have helped in the policy directions of the University.
According to him , “I join you today in thanking God Almighty as you turn 60. _So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy_-Romans 9:16. It is my prayer on behalf of the Council Chairman, Professor Ayoade Olayiwola Ogunkunle, Senate, Management, Staff and Students that God Almighty continue to strengthen you more in your services to Him, the Pace-Setter State and the nation as a whole. Happy diamond birthday anniversary celebration, madam.”
In a press release made available by the University’s Media and Public Relations Officer, Wale Adeoye, Mrs. Olubunmi Siju Asunmo, was born on August 15, 1964. She joined the services of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, then known as St. Andrew’s College of Education, Oyo on January 1, 1990 as an Administrative Officer II. She attended Iwo Grammar School, Iwo between 1977 and 1981 for her Secondary School Education and Baptist High School, Iwo between 1981 and 1983 for her Higher School Certificate programme. Young Bunmi thereafter, proceeded to the University of Ibadan, Ibadan where she bagged her B. Ed. Degree in Educational Management and Religious Studies in 1987. She had her compulsory one year NYSC between 1987-1988 at Ojodu Grammar School, Ikeja, Lagos State and later capped her academics up with M.Ed. Educational Management in 1999 from the same Premier University. Mrs. Olubunmi Asunmo also has a Diploma in Computer-Data Processing and Management from the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo in 2008.
The Registrar having demonstrated early enough, her potentials and competence as an administrative officer, rose through the ranks to the post of Deputy Registrar on October 1, 2005 and had served in virtually all the Divisions of the Registry Department. These include the Registrar’s Office, School Office, Academic Affairs Division, Council Affairs Unit, Pension and Gratuity, Establishment Division when both Senior and Junior Establishments were together. She had equally served as the Assistant Director Admin.(Sandwich) at the defunct College Directorate of Degree and Sandwich Programmes. The pioneer Chief Administrative Officer who has served in many College Committees and Panels has attended various seminars and conferences both locally and internationally. She resumed duty as the defunct College Acting Registrar/Secretary to Council on August 20, 2020 after the retirement of her former boss, Alh. Teslim Ladimeji Adediran.
Upon the upgrade of the defunct College to a University status, the Governing Council appointed her as the Acting Registrar on August 30, 2023 and by the grace of God confirmed and announced as the pioneer Registrar and Secretary to Council on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 for a 5-year term.
Mrs. Olubunmi Siju’ Asunmo is happily married to Rev. Adesoji Aderemi Asunmo and the marriage is blessed with upwardly mobile children.
