Professor Folasade Ogunsola has secured
the highest number of votes in the election
held by members of the University of
Lagos Senate to choose an acting Vice –
Chancellor .
She was the Deputy Vice- Chancellor ,
Development Services at UNILAG before
her emergence .
The result of the election obtained by one
of our correspondents showed that she
secured 135 of 167 votes.
Prof . Ben Ogbojafor, who was also
considered for the post by members of the
Senate, secured 31 votes.
One void vote was recorded
They were nominated at the senate
meeting held on Monday .
The meeting was attended by 167
professors .
Chairman of the Senate Emergency
Committee , Prof . Chioma Agomo , also
announced the result to journalists after
the election .
The PUNCH earlier reported that the
Federal Government last week directed
the varsity ’s Pro- Chancellor and
Chairman of Council, Wale Babalakin , and
Vice – Chancellor , Prof . Oluwatoyin
Ogundipe , to recuse themselves from
official duties , pending the outcome of the
Special Visitation Panel set up by the
President Muhammadu
Buhari.
FG had also asked UNILAG Senate to
reconvene to appoint an acting VC.
According to her Wiki citation , Folasade
Tolulope Ogunsola was born in 1958 . She
is a professor of medical microbiology
who specializes in disease control ,
particularly HIV/ AIDS.
Ogunsola was also an ex- provost of
College of Medicine, University of Lagos
and is reputed as being the first woman to
occupy the position .
She became the Deputy Vice Chancellor
( Development Services ) of the institution
since 2017 .
“ Her research areas have been centered
on the regulation and management of
viral diseases , particularly HIV
“ She is the principal investigator at AIDS
Prevention Initiative in Nigeria ( APIN ) at
the University of Lagos .
“ She has also been the chairman of
Infection Control Committee of Lagos
University Teaching Hospital .
Additionally , she is the chairman of the
National Association of Colleges of
Medicine in Nigeria .
“ In 2018 , she expressed concern on
disease prevention and control in Nigeria .
She identified poor hygiene and overuse of
antibiotics as practices that foster
antimicrobial – drug resistance.
“ Providing a solution , she maintained that
sustained Infection Prevention and
Control infrastructure and programmes
should be built around a set of core
components which include guidelines ,
training , surveillance , multimodal
strategies for implementing IPC,
monitoring and evaluation among others ,”
the citation added.
