Dr. Mathew O. Ayoola, JP

Dr. Mathew O. AYOOLA, JP was born on 31st, December, 1957 to Ago Compound, Modakeke. He attended L. A. Pry School, Akarabata, Modakeke between 1965 - 1970, after which he proceeded to Oranmiyan Memorial Grammar School, Ile-Ife in 1973 where he obtained his WASC (Div 11), 1978.

For his University education, he attended the University of Ilorin where he obtained a  B.A.(Hons) History, in July, 1984. He attended Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife at various times, leading to the award of a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Studies, 1988, Masters of Business Administration (MBA), 1995, and M.Phil, Business Administration, 2015. He also obtained a Master's Degree in Managerial Psychology from the prestigious University of Ibadan in 2016. He capped it up with  a Doctorate Degree of Philosophy in Business Administration (Ph.D) from OAU, Ile-Ife in 2021.

He started his Administrative Career in 1989 as Senior Assistant Secretary at the Nigerian Coal Corporation, Enugu. He joined the services of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede in November, 1992 as Assistant Registrar and rose through the ranks to become Deputy Registrar on 1st January, 2001. 

By December, 2005, he moved to the Federal University of Technology, Akure where he was appointed Registrar, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, on 1st June, 2012. He successfully completed the stipulated 5-year tenure as Registrar and he returned to base, FUTA where he retired on 31st December, 2022.
He is happily married with children.