Dr Sunday Saanu is the Director of Public Affairs and Communication, Federal University Oye Ekiti
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, is a different person to different people, depending on the prisms of perception and shared relationship. Indeed, there are many choice angles of gaze from which to draw descriptions. However, the truth remains that a legend has no truer proof than his enduring legacy. For me, immediately I was appointed as Director of Public Affairs and Communication, I began to search into his background to know the kind of leader with whom I would be working. Having previously worked with four Vice Chancellors at both the University of Ibadan and Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, I guess residual knowledge as media assistant in this capacity would be of help.
As if to scare me off, some pundits described him as a choleric and difficult man to work with, while others called him a man of unpredictable temper whose stock in trade is to ruffle feathers and disorganise the system. But all these prejudices soon faded when I read through some available literature on him, including his autobiographical account entitled “Setting The Sail: Repositioning Bowen For Excellence” The 354-page book, to those who can see beyond the given, accurately diagnoses this enigma called “Coach”, explaining the reasons some people always like to paint him in colours that bear no semblance with this man whose kindness has healed hearts in hundreds.
