The Governing Council of Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete, at its 73rd meeting on Thursday, April 10, 2025, approved the elevation of 28 people among the institution’s academic staff to professorial cadre.
A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by Dr. Saeedat Aliyu, who is the Ag. Director, University Relations, noted that 3 among them are now ‘full professors’ while 25 are ‘Associate Professors’.
‘The newly promoted professors from the faculties of Agriculture, Arts, and Education are Professor Shehu Abdulganiyu Salau whose specialization is Agricultural Production Economics, Professor Moshood Zakariyah with specialization in Sociolinguistics, and Professor Olayiwola Gafar Olorisade, a professor of Educational Administration.
The associate professors are from the faculties of Agriculture, Arts, Education, Engineering and Technology, Information and Communication Technology, Law, Management and Social Sciences, and Pure and Applied Sciences.
The Faculty of Agriculture has Dr. Latifat Kehinde Olatinwo and Dr. Felicia Motunrayo Olooto, both Agric Extension and Rural Development specialists; Dr. Olarinke Victoria Adeniyi, a specialist in Aquaculture Management; Dr. James Adebayo Ojo with specialization in Entomology; and Dr. Akeem Olayemi Raji, a specialist in Food Processing Technology.
From the Faculty of Arts, Dr. Yahya Toyin Muritala, an Arabic Syntax and Modern Arabic Linguistics and Translation specialist; Dr. Yunusa Muhammed Jamiu, a Modern Arabic Literature specialist; Dr. Oluwatomi Oluwatayo Adeoti, a Pragmatics and Discourse Studies specialist; Dr. Sherifat Hussain-Abubakar, a specialist in Islamic Family Law and Gender Studies; and Dr. Khalid Ishola Bello, a specialist in Islamic Economics were ratified as associate professors.
The Faculty of Engineering produced Engineer Dr. Olalekan Ogunbiyi with specialization in Power System and Automatic Control Engineering; Engineer Dr. Rasheed Amao Busari with specialization in Farm Power and Machinery, and Engineer Dr. Kamoru Olufemi Oladosu, a specialist in Production and Renewable Energy as associate professors.
Dr. Usman Tunde Saadu of the Faculty of Education, who specializes in Educational Psychology and Dr. Ronke Seyi Babatunde of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, who specializes in Machine Learning and AI, were confirmed by the Governing Council as associate professors.
Dr. Olariyike Damola Akintoye and Dr. Abdullahi Saliu Ishola, both of the Faculty of Law, and with specialization in Property and Business Law, and Islamic Law, respectively, were also confirmed as associate professors.
The Council of the University equally ratified the promotion of Dr. Abdullahi Alabi, a Comparative Politics and Administration specialist; Dr. Idris Danjuma Mohammed, a Development Studies and Local Government Administration specialist; and Dr. Ibrahim Ogirima Salawu, a Public Policy and Governance specialist to the rank of associate professor.
At the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, Dr. Emmanuel Anyachukwu Irondi, a Food and Nutritional Biochemistry specialist; Dr. Abdulazeez Kayode Jimoh, a Numerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics specialist; Dr. Kazeem Issa with specialization in Numerical Analysis; Dr. Wasiu Akanni Yahya, a Theoretical and Computational Physics specialist; and Dr. Abiodun Obembe, specialization in Entomology were promoted to the rank of associate professor’ the statement added-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 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
