BREAKING: UNILAG Appoints Professor Folasade Ogunsola As Acting Vice-Chancellor

Senate members of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, have on Monday elected Professor Folasade Ogunsola as the acting Vice-Chancellor, VC of the institution.

She was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development Services at the UNILAG before her emergence.

Two Deputy Vice-Chancellors, one from Development Services and the other from Management Services, vied for the position.

She secured 135 votes out of the 167 senate members who voted at the exercise. 135 voted for DVC Development Services, while DVC Management Services got 31 votes with one voided vote recorded.

Chairman of the Senate Emergency Committee, Prof. Chioma Agomo announced the result to journalists after the election.

Folasade Tolulope Ogunsola was born in 1958. She is a professor of medical microbiology who specializes in disease control, particularly HIV/AIDS.

She is also the principal investigator at AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) at the University of Lagos and has been the chairman of the Infection Control Committee of Lagos University Teaching Hospital.

Also, she is the chairman of the National Association of Colleges of Medicine in Nigeria.

Professor Ogunsola is expected to act in the new role until the outcome of the Special Visitation Panel set up by the President, Muhammadu Buhari. Follow us on Instagram @sofovilla | Follow us on Twitter @sofovilla | Like our page on Facebook via @sofovillamedia