UNILAG Gets First Female VC, Prof Folasade Ogunsola
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She goes by the name, Folasade Ogunsola, a Professor of Microbiology.
She’s the 13th Vice Chancellor of the university.
The
scholar just made history, by becoming the first female VC of the institution
established in 1962.
Ogunsola will succeed the outgoing and 12th
VC, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, whose five-year single term ends on November 11.
Her contenders were Professors Abayomi Akinyeye, Department of
History, Faculty of Arts; Mathew Ilori and Adeyinka Adekunle – Department of
Microbiology, and Botany, Faculty of Sciences.
Timothy Nubi,
Department of Estate Management, Faculty of Environmental Sciences; Imran
Smith, Faculty of Law; Ayo Olowe, Department of Finance, Faculty of Management
Sciences.
Born in 1958, Ogunsola is a consultant clinical
microbiologist and infection control for the Lagos University Teaching
Hospital (LUTH).
READ: Prof Ogunsola Named UNILAG’s Acting VC
The incoming VC holds a PhD in Medical Microbiology, MSc in Medical
Microbiology with Distinction, Diploma in Biomedical Techniques from the
University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff.
She is a fellow
of the Royal College of Pathologists, West African College of Physicians,
Nigerian Academy of Science, Nigerian Academy of Medicine, and Academy of
Medicine Specialties.
Ogunsola served as UNILAG acting
Vice-Chancellor and former Deputy VC in charge of Development Services.
The professor was the pioneer and only female Provost of the
university’s College of Medicine.
She has been a governing council
member for three terms, the only individual with such a number of years in the
body.
Ogunsola has received several awards from local and
international organizations, has 142 publications and co-authored four
books.
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