UNILAG council appoints Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as new Vice Chancellor

The Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has appointed Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the 12th Vice-Chancellor of the 55 years old institution.

This is contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Registrar, Information Unit, Mr Toyin Adebule.

It said Prof Ogundipe emerged first and his appointment was confirmed Friday by the governing council.

Before his appointment, Prof. Ogundipe was UNILAG’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics and Research.

The new VC took over as DVC from Prof Babajide Alo on April 1, 2016.

He was appointed as Professor in 2002, was also the Director of Academic Planning and a member of many scientific organisations.