By A professor of physiology, Prof (Mrs) Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has been named the ninth substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU).
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, approved her appointment following recommendation by the Joint Committee of Council and Senate of LASU in accordance with the LASU Law, Cap 169 Vol 7, Laws of Lagos State.
Olatunji-Bello, as well as two other candidates, Professor Omotayo R. Awofolu and Professor Senapon Bakare, were recommended for the coveted office in order of ranking respectively.
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She assumed duty as the First Professor of Physiology in LASU College of Medicine on the 2nd of October 2007 after rising through the ranks from Assistant Lecturer (1988 to 1991) to Associate Professor in 2005 at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba.
In 2012, Olatunji-Bello attended the Course 34 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, the highest policy advisory body of the Federal Government, as a nominee of the National Universities Commission.
A member of the National Institute (mni), she holds a Fellowship Award of the Physiological Society of Nigeria and was also appointed a Fellow of the Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Mitigation in the year 2019.
Olatunji-Bello had a brief stint as Acting Vice Chancellor after the disreputable ‘Hussein-must-go’ saga which saw the ouster of then Vice Chancellor, Professor Lateef Hussein.
She is married to Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello.
