The senate of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has elected Folasade Ogunsola, as acting Vice-Chancellor, making her the first female to occupy such a position in the institution.
Ogunsola, who is the institution’s deputy vice-chancellor for development services, secured 135 votes to defeat Ben Ogbojafor, a professor of Business Administration, who polled 31 votes.
However, DAILY NIGERIAN gathered that a vote was declared void, making the total votes cast 167.
Recall that the suspended VC of the institution, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, was earlier removed by the varsity’s governing council during a meeting presided over by Wale Babalakin, its pro-chancellor and chairman.
The council thereafter named Omololu Soyombo as the acting VC.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on August 21, directed Messrs Ogundipe and Babalakin to step aside and allow the senate of the university to nominate an acting vice-chancellor.
Meanwhile, Ogunsola, a former provost of UNILAG College of Medicine, is the first woman to occupy the number one position in UNILAG.
She is the principal investigator at AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria, APIN, at UNILAG and has been the chairman of the Infection Control Committee of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH.
Ogunsola played a major role in assisting Nigeria overcome the Ebola outbreak in 2014.
She has also contributed to the health sectors of other African countries, including Uganda.
