University of Lagos Governing Council , led
by the interim chairman , Dr John Momoh ,
has confirmed Prof . Folasade Ogunsola as
the acting Vice- Chancellor of the
institution .
The Governing Council at a virtual
meeting on Tuesday approved her
nomination.
The inauguration of the visitor ’s panel will
hold in Abuja on Wednesday.
There was jubilation at UNILAG on
Monday when she emerged the acting VC
at the emergency Senate meeting .
The Federal Government had , last week ,
asked UNILAG Senate to reconvene and
nominate an acting VC following the crisis
between the varsity ’s Pro – Chancellor and
Chairman of Council, Wale Babalakin , and
Vice – Chancellor , Prof . Oluwatoyin
Ogundipe .
The FG also asked Babalakin and
Ogundipe to recuse themselves from
official duties , pending the outcome of the
Special Visitation Panel set up by the
President Muhammadu Buhari.
With her emergence , Ogunsola broke
UNILAG ’s 58 – year record by becoming the
first female to be appointed as an acting
VC of the institution since it was founded
in 1962.
