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.
KWAFFA Pilgrims Board Sam Onile Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory Jumoke F. Ajao Shaaba Lafiagi Sola Saraki University A.E. Afolabi Tunde Yusuf Dan-Kazeem Joseph Alex Offorjama Shaykh Luqman Jimoh Mamatu Abdullahi Lawal Arinola Kudirat Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication Tayo Alao Ahmad Fatima Bisola Tunde Saad Hussein Oloyede Saka Abimbola Isau AbdulHamid Adi Apaola Akorede Playing Host Taofik Abdulkareem Bayo Lawal Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita Ashiru Gabriel Fashanu Grillo Funmilayo Braithwaite Mansur Alfanla Senate President Olupako Of Share Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin Dan Iya Salihu Alhaji Musa Seun Bolaji Abubakar Imam Abubakar Abdullahi Bata Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede Umar Sanda Yusuf Apado Ibraheem Adeola Katibi Busari Alabi Alausa Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State Arik Manzuma Saheed Popoola Amos Bajeh Edret Sabi Abel Mumeen Lah Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu AbdulRauf Keji IQRA College Yahaya A Paniyaro Musa Yeketi Kolawole Bashirat Sobi FM Kisra International Aviation College Ope Saraki Jamiu Oyawoye Dauda Adeniran Adeshola Senate Demola Banu Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa Sardauna Of Ilorin Adebara Musa Alhassan Buge AbdulRahman Saad Bola Tinubu National Information Technology Development Agency Ayodele Shittu Haruna Olawale Sulaiman

