Professor Folasade Ogunsola has been named as next Vice- Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
Eight people that had sought to become the next Vice -Chancellor of the institution are Abayomi Akinyeye , Department of History; Folasade Ogunsola , College of Medicine; Mathew Ilori, Department of Microbiology , Adeyinka Adekunle , Department of Botany, Imran Smith, Faculty of Law; Timothy Nubi, Department of Estate Management , and Ayo Olowe of the Department of Finance.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned the Vice -Chancellor-designate will be the first woman to serve as head of the institution since its establishment in 1962..
Grace Alele-Williams, a Professor of Mathematics Education, who was the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate degree, was also the nation’s first female vice-chancellor.
She was appointed as Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin in 1985.
Born in 1958, Ogunsola is a professor of Medical Microbiology and a consultant clinical microbiologist and infection control at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
She specializes in disease control, particularly HIV/AIDS. Ogunsola had served as provost of College of Medicine and was also the Deputy Vice -Chancellor (Development Services) between 2017 and 2021.
She was elected as acting Vice- Chancellor by the university’s senate on 24 August 2020.
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In 1998 ,she joined others to form the Nigerian Society for Infection control and she is also a member of the Global Infection Prevention and control Network- Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
