Idowu Bamitale "Tale" Omole (born September 1954) is a Nigerian professor of international relations, educational administrator, and former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
In 1991, he obtained a diploma in International Law and organisation for development from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands.
As part of his numerous academic, administrative and public policy assignments, Omole has extensively lectured in Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia.
He was the National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer of the August 2014 Osun State, governorship election that led to the re-election of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as the governor elect of Osun State, Nigeria.
Among the projects were: construction of an Olympic size swimming pool, moot court, university hall, a 12-storey Senate building (Jubilee House), and rehabilitation of others.
[8] He led the university to win an $8m grant from the World Bank, to establish an African Center of Excellence, with specific focus on the OAU Knowledge Park.
According to him, “Omole will be remembered for a number of achievements but most especially for ensuring that the students are taught and given skills that are required for them to compete in the job market; He added that the feat recorded by the immediate past Vice Chancellor of OAU is notable in terms of physical, infrastructure upliftment and development of the university popularly known as the most beautiful campus in Africa.
His milestone according to him was recognized for initiating the reengineering and repositioning of Great Ife as a twenty first century, World Class African University".