A Distinguished Scholar of Public Administration, Professor Ehiyamen Mediayanose Osezua is slated to deliver the 11th Inaugural Lecture of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State.
Titled, “Governing Without Results: Public Administration, Leadership And Institutional Failure In Nigeria. Quo Vadis,” the lecture expected to be chaired by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Temi E. Ologunorisa, is scheduled to hold at the institution’s main auditorium at 1pm on Tuesday, May 5th, 2026.
One of Nigeria’s most accomplished academics, whose career embodies scholarship, leadership, public service, and institutional transformation, Osezua is a professor at the Department of Public Administration in the School of Management Sciences and a leading scholar on Higher Education and Conflict Management.
His intellectual contributions and professional engagements cut across Nigeria, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Namibia, Russia, Togo, Mexico, and other parts of the world, making him a truly global academic voice in governance, leadership, higher education, institutional development, and public sector reform.
Born on 15 February 1973 in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Professor Osezua who hails from Uhiele in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, has taught at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, the University of Lagos, Osun State University and the University of Ilorin.
A visiting Research Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, USA from 2018 to 2022, Osezua has worked as a Professional Researcher from 2022 to 2023, and Resident Researcher in the Department of Government, Innovations for Peace and Development, University of Texas at Austin.
He is also adjunct professor of Public Administration at Austin Christian University, Texas, and has served as guest educator in the Round Rock Independent School District in the United States. He has also served as member, board of directors, Travis Central Appraisal District, Texas.
He is currently Dean, School of Management Sciences, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, where he provides strategic, academic, and administrative leadership for the advancement of scholarship, institutional visibility, staff development, innovation, and academic excellence. His academic excellence has earned him a remarkable array of fellowships, grants, honors, and international research opportunities.
He has participated in and contributed to major academic and policy initiatives associated with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank’s Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative, the United States Institute of Peace, the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes at Brown University, the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), the University Research Committee of Obafemi Awolowo University, the Federal Government Scholarship Board, Abuja, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, and the Collaborative Multi-Country Moral Eyes Project.
An elected Member of Congregation to Senate at Osun State University, Osezua is a Member of Faculty Senate at Austin Christian University, and a Member of the Governing Advisory Council of Austin Christian University. He equally served as elected Parliamentarian of the University of Texas at Austin Staff Council, where he was notably identified as the only Black African in that role during the 2024 to 2025 period.
One of his most distinguished academic recognitions remains the Best Ph.D Thesis Award in Africa conferred by CODESRIA in 2006, a landmark honor that speaks eloquently to the originality, relevance, and scholarly quality of his doctoral work. Professor Osezua was also named a Fellow of BIARI, Brown University, in 2017.
A prolific scholar of international repute, Professor Osezua has authored over 55 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, edited works, and accepted manuscripts published in reputable national and international outlets across Nigeria, the United States, Romania, India, Uganda, Ethiopia, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and other countries.
His more recent and notable works include studies on public-private partnerships and Bus Rapid Transit performance in Africa and Latin America, urban mobility transformation, leadership capacity as a panacea for public sector success, bureaucratic corruption and public service reform in Nigeria, party alignment and democratic consolidation, management of institutional conflicts in African higher education, and effective job supervision in the Nigerian educational sector.
Professor Osezua has equally made enduring contributions to scholarly publishing and academic visibility through his editorial leadership. He has served as Founding Editor-in-Chief of Management and Development Review at OAUSTECH, Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Ilorin Journal of Administration and Development from 2015 to 2019, Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Organizational Leadership and Management in the United States, Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Administrator’s Quarterly Journal of the Chartered Institute of Public Administration of Nigeria, and Co-Editor of Contemporary Issues in the Management of Higher Education.
Through these editorial roles, he has advanced scholarly discourse, strengthened academic publishing, and promoted research visibility within and outside Nigeria. His body of work and editorial service together reflect a sustained commitment to knowledge production and dissemination.
Osezua attended Edo College, Benin City, for his secondary education. He later got admitted to the University of Benin, where he obtained the Bsc degree in Political Science and Public Administration in 1997. He also bagged his Msc degree in Public Administration in 2002 from the same university.
He capped it with a PhD in Public Administration at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 2006, specializing in Higher Education Administration and Conflict Management. He also got a Diploma in Leadership at Austin Christian University, Texas, in 2023, where he graduated as the overall best student.
He is happily married to Associate Professor Oghoadena Osezua, a distinguished scholar of Anthropology and Gender Studies.
