Professor Folasade Ogunsola has been elected as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
A total of 167 professors voted at Senate meeting to find a replacement for Prof. Olutoyin Ogundipe who was asked to step down.
Recall the Federal Government had inaugurated a panel to look into the crisis rocking the institution.
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The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development Services) polled 135 votes compared to Prof. Ben Oghojafor’s 31 votes, with one voided vote.
Ogunsola, born in 1958, is a Nigerian professor of medical microbiology. She specialises in disease control, particularly HIV/AIDS.
Ogunsola is also the immediate past provost of College of Medicine, University of Lagos (UNILAG) and is reputed as being the first woman to occupy the position.
