PROFILE: Professor Adeolu Durotoye

Prof. Adeolu Durotoye is a professor of Political Science and presently the provost of Social and Management Sciences at Afe Babalola University where he has distinguished himself as an astute administrator and excellent manager of human and material resources.


He attended Oke Iragbiji Grammar school between 1979 and 1982 before moving to Ilobu Secondary Commercial Grammar school where he concluded his o level certificate in 1984. He was at Osogbo Grammar school for his A level between 1984 and 1986. He went on to study Political Science at the University of Lagos where he graduated with a 2nd Class upper in 1990. He got his masters degree  from the same university in 1992. He was a German scholar having studied at the University of Leipzig between 1997 and 2001 where he got his PhD graduating with Magna Cum Laude.

He has been a journalist with the Guardian newspaper and African Concord Magazine. He equally taught politics at different times at the University of Ibadan, University of Toronto and Afe Babalola  University. He is an astute administrator, public affairs analyst, motivational speaker, University teacher and provost as well as preacher.

He is the recipient of the prestigious University of Lagos distinguished Alumni award in 2005 and Meritorious Service award of the Men's Missionary Union of Osun Baptist Conference in 2017. He is also the recipient of Utility Teacher Award of Afe Babalola University in 2017. His impeccable organisational ability made Aare Afe Babalola appoint him as the Chairman, Local Organising Committee of 2017 Afe Babalola Agric. Expo as well as Chairman Afe Babalola University Convocation Committee in quick succession.

He is the founder of Adeolu & Jane Durotoye Foundation which has offered scholarship,  provided free eye glasses and medical examination, vocational skills training and business takeoff grants to many in the past 4 years. He has lived in Africa, Europe and North America and has travelled wide to different parts of the world. According to him "We shall bring industry back to Osun, motivate our teachers and the entire workforce to excel, engage our youth productively, rid our roads of pot holes, and create jobs in every local government area. Our farmers will witness a new dawn".

He was born at Osogbo in 1970.