LASUSTECH Gets First Substantive Vice Chancellor

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo- Olu has approved the appointment of Professor Olumuyiwa , Omotola Odusanya  as the substantive and pioneer Vice – Chancellor of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology, (LASUSTECH), Ikorodu .

This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Public Affairs Unit, Office of the Special Adviser on Education   which noted that  the appointment of Professor Olumuyiwa  Omotola  Odusanya as the substantive Vice- Chancellor of the University  takes effect from 29th  September, 2022.

It would be recalled that the state Governor, Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu  at the take -off of the new University ,  approved the appointment of the  then substantive Rector of the  former Lagos State Polytechnic  (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu ,  Dr. Nurudeen Olaleye as the Ag.

Vice- Chancellor of the University, pending the selection and appointment of the substantive Vice- Chancellor.

The statement  further revealed that  the state government  appointed a substantive Vice- Chancellor for the institution  to ensure that there is no void in the University’s leadership and to maintain the necessary stability of the ivory tower from time to time.

The new and substantive LASUSTECH  Vice- Chancellor,   Professor Olumuyiwa  Omotola  Odusanya  was born on the 8th of February, 1965.

He is a Professor of Public and Community Health and a Fellow of the Medical College in Public Health and Community Medicine ( FMCPH). He  holds a Master of Public Health from University of Lagos.

Until his new appointment, Professor Odusanya  was a  Professor of Community and Primary Health   in the Department of Community Health and Primary Health Care in the Faculty Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Lagos State University.