Gov AbdulRazaq appoints Prof. Shaykh-Lukman as new KWASU VC
According to news report on Kwara State Government Facebook Page, kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has named Prof. Shaykh-Lukman Alade Jimoh as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the Kwara State University (KWASU).
The appointment follows the outcome of the screening exercise of the university’s governing council where Prof. Shaykh-Lukman placed first among the candidates.
Shaykh-Lukman is currently the Ag. Vice Chancellor of the University. He was before then a Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University between 2020 and 2022.
He comes highly recommended to the job with decades of experience as an administrator and university scholar.
Shaykh-Lukman, 60, is a recipient of several academic honours, including Best Graduating Student of the Department of Religions (University of Ilorin) 1988; University Undergraduate Scholarship Award (1987/1988); University Scholar 1987/1988). He is a Fellow/member of many professional bodies such as Chartered Institute of Public Advocacy and Management and Council of Experts for International Centre on Contemporary Research in Islamic Sciences (United Kingdom).
Shaykh-Lukman hails from Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The Governor meanwhile has approved for the Kwara State College of Education Ilorin to transmute into the University of Education for ease of take off and other logistic advantages.
"The government will continue ongoing efforts to transform the two other colleges of education and make them more viable in line with current realities in the sector," according to a statement from the Government House.
The decision on the location of the university comes a few days after the Governor assented to the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (Establishment) and Kwara State University of Education (Establishment) Bills, effectively birthing a teaching hospital and the university of education.
The signing took place in Government House in Ilorin in the presence of House of Assembly Speaker Rt Hon. Yakubu Danladi Salihu; Majority Leader Hon. Oba AbdulKadir Magaji; and the Clerk of the House AbdulKareem Ahmed; and a member of the Committee on the Establishment of Kwara State University of Education/Special Adviser (Special Duties) Abdulrazaq Jiddah.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Elekoyangan Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita Saka Saadu Hijaab Kale Belgore Garment Factory Oke-Odo Azeez Bello Olaitan Buraimoh Ope Saraki Saidu Isa Tsaragi Age AbdulKareem Abdulmajeed Abdullahi Lateef Ademola Olatunji Abubakar Usman Jos Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike David Oyerinola Adedunmoye Issa Manzuma Mohammed Ibrahim Ibrahim Issa Jetti Isiaka Saka Opobiyi Bamidele Adegoke Shuaib Boni Aliyu KWATMA Erubu Joana Nnazua Kolo SARS Ibrahim Agboola Gambari Sobi David Oyedepo Yahaya Seriki Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir Bolaji Abdullahi AbdulRahman Saad Labour Party Wahab Olasupo Egbewole Omu-aran NNPP Gbugbu Ahmad Ali Ibrahim Mohammed Oba Abu Kwara United Kehinde Baale Aishat Sulu-Gambari Laduba Umar Saro Bolakale Ayo All Peoples Party Yusuf Mubarak Segun Abifarin Matthew Okedare Amuda Musbau Peter Obi Mazars Consulting Prince Sunday Fagbemi Unilorin Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners Jelili Yusuf Oba-Solagberu Abdulazeez Arowona Kishira Fatima Abolore Jimoh Sabo-Oke Amuda Bembe Muhammad Yahya KWIRS National Union Of Road Transport Workers Village Alive Development Association Kassim Babamale Rabiu Kwankwaso Presidential Election Abubakar Abdullahi Bata Ajakaye Yusuf Amuda Aluko Demola Banu