Prof. Akan Williams has been appointed the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the covenant University, Ota. This was disclosed in a statement by Mr. Attat Emmanuel, Information Officer of the Institution.

It was gathered that the appointment of Williams was approved on Tuesday, following the expiration of the tenure of the immediate past Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Aaron Atayero.

Prof. Akan Williams was born on Feb. 16, 1970, in Calabar, Cross River State, he is a native of Itoko, Ibesikpo-Asutan Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom.

He is a Fellow of Chemical Society of Nigeria; a former Chairman, Ogun Chapter, Chemical Society of Nigeria; Member, Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria; Member, Royal Society of Chemistry, and a member American Chemical Society among others.