UNILAG gets new DVC

Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe of the Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & Research) of the University of Lagos. His appointment took effect from Friday, April 1, 2016. His appointment is in accordance with the provision of the University of Lagos Act (1967) as specifically amended in Section 4 and 5 in the University (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1993. It is sequel to his nomination and election at the University Senate Meeting held on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.

Ogundipe is a Professor in the Department of Botany and also the Director of Academic Planning at the University of Lagos. He was born on 31st of May, 1960. He is married and blessed with three children. He was appointed Professor in 2002, and gave his inaugural lecture in 2005, six months after the announcement of his professorship titled BOTANY, ROOT IN THE PAST, ROUTE TO THE FUTURE, delivered on the 21st December, 2005, at the University of Lagos.