The Governing Council of the University of Lagos has ratified the election of Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution.
The council, led by its Interim chairman, John Momoh, ratified the appointment at a virtual meeting of the members of the Council on Tuesday.
The meeting was conducted ahead of the inauguration of a Visitation Panel to probe the affairs of the university from 2017 till date by the Education Minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu, scheduled for Abuja on Wednesday.
Ogunsola was elected on Monday by the Senate following the Federal Government’s directive that Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, who was the vice chancellor and Dr. Wale Babalakin, the pro-chancellor, should recuse themselves from official duties pending the outcome of the report of a visiting panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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The Federal Government also directed the Senate of the institution to elect an acting Vice Chancellor for the institution.
Ogunsola is a professor of medical microbiology and the immediate past provost of College of Medicine, University of Lagos. She was the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development Services) of the institution starting 2017.
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