Vice-Chancellor at AbdulRasaq Abubakar Toyin University (AATU)

Abdulrasaq Abubakar Toyin University (AATU) is located in a beautiful Semi-urban Area of Oke-Ogba, Ganmo near llorin, Kwara State. It was licensed alongside ten other Private Universities in April, 2025 to offer 14 Take-off degree programmes, with first-semester classes that started in September / October 2025 on its state-of-the-art, fully IT - wired campus. The serene campus environment offers world-class university facilities, including comfortable hostel bed spaces for fresh students that enhance vibrant social interaction and encourage excellent academic productivity. With unique features, the University is established to provide every student - no matter their academic discipline - a high-quality education blended with a focus on vocational skills, entrepreneurial training, professional qualifications and industrial relations.

Abdulrasaq Abubakar Toyin University, Ganmo, commits to delivering quality academic and moral tenets to propel its: prospective graduates to be heralds of positive change and development in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world. This has become necessary, as the production of graduates who are equipped to face the challenges of an ever-changing world, and who champion universal humane values, is increasingly needed. The University believes in virtue of instilling positive character in students, as well as equipping them with talents for innovation and invention through cutting-edge research and world-class competence in their disciplines. It also provides the University staff with a good and conducive academic environment where they can thrive as global academic champions.

The Governing Council of the University hereby invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Vice-Chancellor

Location: Ganmo, Kwara

About the Role

• The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive Officer and Academic Head of the University, a member of the University Governing Council, and the Chief Accounting Officer of the University.
• He/she is responsible to the Governing Council for the day-to-day administration of the University.
• The ideal candidate must demonstrate the ability to make informed decisions and balance the ecosystem, prioritizing stakeholders' interests as the top priority of the University.

Duties and Responsibilities
His specific duties include, but are not limited to:

• General supervision and control of daily activities of the University;
• Responsibility to the Governing Council for maintaining and promoting the efficiency and good order of the University;
• Ensuring that the provisions of the University's laws, statutes, ordinances, and by-laws are meticulously observed; and
• Advising the Governing Council on any matter that affects the policy, finance, and general administration of the University.

Requirements and Qualifications
The candidate must:

• Be a highly distinguished scholar with both local and international experience and exposure;
• Have experience in university administration in both private and public universities;
• Be a Professor in any of the faculties of the University as approved by NUC;
• Possess a proven track record of academic excellence to command respect nationally and internationally;
• Be a professor for a period of not less than ten (10) years, and must have headed key academic and administrative leadership positions in the university system;
• Have publications in highly reputable academic journals in reasonable numbers, books/chapters in books in international peer-review outlets;
• Demonstrate a very high level of academic productivity at the Professorial level in the last five (5) years and provide a documented record of same;
• Have a proven record and ability to attract international research grants and capacity to build the University's image globally;
• Have evidence of winning funds and leading international grants worthy of significant amounts of money in Naira equivalent;
• Have a proven record of local and international collaborations, teamwork, and networking in academic programmes and curricular development;
• Possess a clear Google Scholar not less than h-index of 12; i-10 index of at least 15 and even much higher citations not less than 1,500 as a demonstration of sound scholarship;
• Have supervised and successfully graduated at least 5 PhD students in the last five years;
• If from the Nigeria University system, must have delivered an Inaugural Lecture that has impact on national development;
• Not be more than 65 years of age at the time of assumption of duty;
• Possess appreciable level of ICT literacy skills;
• Demonstrate high level of integrity in the management of funds, and commitment to accountability, transparency, and rule of law;
• Have ability to attract and retain talented staff in all categories of teaching and non-teaching locally and internationally;
• Have proven evidence of physical and mental health and must provide a documentation from a well recognised public hospital to that effect;
• Possess evidence of entrepreneurial drive to generate extra-statutory funds for the growth of the University and its future sustainability; and
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills and strong moral character.

Tenure of Service:

• In accordance with AATU law, the Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for a single term of five (5) years.

Conditions of Service
The remuneration and conditions of service of the Vice-Chancellor are largely similar to those applicable in other private as well as public universities in Nigeria and shall be stated clearly in the candidate's letter of appointment as approved by the Council and Board of Trustees.

Application Closing Date
15th April, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications and CV. The CV should contain the underlisted information:

• Name in Full (Surname first in Block letters)
• Date & Place of Birth
• Nationality
• State of Origin
• Permanent Home Address
• Present Postal Address
• Marital Status
• Number & Ages of Children
• Phone Number(s) & E-mail Address
• Educational Institutions Attended (with Dates)
• Qualifications with Class of Degree
• Membership / Fellowship of Relevant Professional Bodies
• Work Experience (present and former)
• Positions held with Dates
• List of Publications
• Relevant Activities outside Current Employment
• Major Professional Achievements, Contributions and Awards
• Three (3) Referees' Reports.

All applications should be marked at the left-hand corner with the position applied for and addressed to:
The Acting Registrar,
Abdulrasaq Abubakar Toyin University,
Km 1, Oke-Ogba Street,
Old Afon Road, Off Ajase-Ipo Expressway,
Ganmo, Kwara State,
Nigeria.

Note

• The three (3) Referees' Reports should reach the Pro Chancellor and Chairman of Council not later than 29th April, 2026.
• Applicants who responded to AATU's advertisement in the Nation's Newspaper of 8th August, 2025 need not reapply except if there is the need to update their earlier submission. Such update should be forwarded to the Acting Registrar.