Council confirms Ogunsola as UNILAG’s acting VC | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
25th August 2020
The Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), on Tuesday confirmed the election of Professor Folasade Ogunsola as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution.
It was done at a virtual meeting the members of the Council held with Dr John Momoh presiding as the Acting Chairman of the Council.
The Council has also forwarded her name to the Visitor to the university, President Muhammadu Buhari, for approval.
The meeting was conducted ahead of the inauguration of a Visitation Panel to probe the affairs of the university from 2017 to date by the Education Minister, Malam Adamu Adamu, scheduled for Abuja on Wednesday.
Ogunsola emerged the acting VC on Monday when she was voted in by the Senate of the institution.
She polled 135 votes to Professor Ben Oghojafor, who polled 31 votes at an emergency meeting of the body.
Ogunsola is a professor of Medical Microbiology and is the first child of a renowned academic, Professor Akin Mabogunje.
She became the first woman to head the 58-year-old university.
Recall that the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, and the Chairman of the Governing Council, Dr Wale Babalakin, were asked to step aside by the Federal Government following what was widely seen as a power tussle between the duo that led to the Council removing Ogundipe from office.
Babalakin appointed Professor Omololu Soyombo as the Acting VC, but the development further heightened tension on campus, prior to the government intervention with the visitation panel.