Indeed, time flies when you are happy. It was the award winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who once said that in her debut novel titled Purple Hibiscus. It was just like yesterday when Prof. Musbau Adewumi Akanji FAS, FNSBMB, assumed office on December 3, 2012 as the 6th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna. His appointment was received with mixed feelings, most especially those who had wanted a “home boy” Vice-Chancellor. Some even went as far as asking; Prof. Akanji who? This particular group of people had hitherto seen him as a dark-horse in the race because they were oblivious of his academic and administrative credentials. But for many who had followed Akanji’s antecedents right from his halcyon days at the University of Ilorin knew him as a thoroughbred academic with immense substance and nobility. This particular group of people knew FUT, Minna had gotten the best person out of the eminently qualified candidates that vied for the position. The few who took to the streets to protest his appointment in 2012 did not know that his appointment was ordained by God. One could pardon them because at that point in time, they acted out of ignorance. The age-long saying that after the storm comes the rain is apt to describe how Prof. Akanji was able to change people’s perception about his appointment. The courtesy visits to notable personalities in the State and the openness of his administration were key to changing what hitherto was hostility to acceptance within two months in office. Despite the agitation that greeted his appointment, he was so kind to extend hands of fellowship to some of the contestants within the University. The inclusiveness of his administration stands him out among many. He is a detribalized Nigerian and exemplary leader with a firm belief in merit as against any other primordial considerations. He treats all issues on merit, devoid of ethnic, religious or tribal sentiments. He is a man who believes that the best man should get the job, irrespective of his/her tribe or religion. This policy, to some extent, is responsible for the landmark achievements recorded by the University in the last five years. For those who believed and saw Akanji as the messiah that would take FUT, Minna to greater heights among comity of universities in Nigeria and the world at large. In 2012 when he was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the University, they have been vindicated based on the milestones recorded by the University in the last five years under his reign. As a Vice-Chancellor that has his people at heart, he operated “an open door” policy. This style reduced the administrative bottlenecks that usually characterize such offices in Nigeria university system. His humility and simplicity of purpose are second to none. As a foremost Biochemist with numerous publications in reputable journals, Akanji has contributed immensely in manpower development across various sectors of the country. He has trained many researchers who are now professors and have also trained other professors who are now adding value to the quality of education in Nigeria and other countries. His induction as a Fellow of Academy of Science in 2016 brought the name of the University to the limelight again for good, judging from the revered nature of the award and its credible selection processes based on empirical research breakthrough. As Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna in the last five years, he has brought honour to the University based on his dealings within and outside the institution. It would not be out of place to describe Prof. Akanji’s tenure as a blessed reign that is devoid of blemish and corruption. He is an incorruptible leader to the core and one of the few Vice-Chancellors in Nigeria who have made their financial transactions public. This has been demonstrated through the publication of the University’s weekly financial transaction on its Campus News, the University official news bulletin. This singular act has endeared him to staff, students and other stakeholders in the country. When the history of the University would be told in many years from now, Prof. Akanji is assured of a place in that history book. Based on his massive transformation in the infrastructural landscape of the University, research, staff training, promotion, welfare and ease of running a university. His template of running the affairs of the institution is novel and should be emulated by other Vice-Chancellors in Nigerian Universities. From 2012 to 2017, it has been evolving stories of projects commissioning and foundation laying ceremonies of key projects that have added value to learning, teaching and research. It is not surprising that Prof.