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.

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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.