UniAbuja names Roseline Adakayi as new acting registrar

The University of Abuja has announced the selection of Roseline Adakayi as the institution’s acting registrar, to serve until a permanent registrar is appointed.

This was made known on Monday in Abuja through a statement from the Acting Director of Information and University Relations, Dr. Habib Yakoob, who explained that the letter of appointment, signed by acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Patricia Lar, stated that Adakayi’s term would last for six months starting from Monday, 12 May 2025.

She is replacing Islamiya Foyeke Abdulraheem, whose six-month stint as acting registrar ends on 12 May 2025.

The statement noted that Dr. Olanrewaju Tejuoso, the university’s pro-chancellor and governing council chairman, approved the appointment.

In congratulating the new acting registrar, Lar expressed confidence that Mrs. Adakayi would bring valuable experience to her new assignment.

Lar said, “I congratulate Mrs. Adakayi on her appointment as acting registrar and secretary to the council. She will be responsible to the vice-chancellor for the day-to-day administration of the university. I am hopeful that with her wealth of experience as an administrator, she will serve the university well.

“Let me also thank Mrs. Islamiya Abdulraheem for successfully ending her six-month tenure today as acting registrar. It has been nice working with her.”

Mrs. Adakayi began working at the University of Abuja on 2nd November 1999 as an administrative officer in the Registry and progressed over the years, becoming a deputy registrar in 2013.

She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from the University of Jos in 1986, followed by a Professional Diploma in Land Surveying from the Federal School of Surveying, Oyo, in 1990, and later a Postgraduate Diploma in Photogrammetry from the Federal Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys (RECTAS), Ile-Ife, in 1994.