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.
Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria Leke Ogungbe Iyabo Dupe Adekeye Javed Khan Gbemi Saraki Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata Kwara Basketball Association Kola Ologbondiyan Oniwasi Agbaye IHS Trader Moni NYSC ITP Abiodun Abdulkareem Dauda Adeniran Adeshola N-Power Bolaji Abdullahi Amada Jidda Playing Host Femi Oladiji Twitter Abdullahi Atanda CCEPE Omar Bolaji Gambari Aliyu Alhassan Bareke Seun Bolaji Opobiyi Omoniyi M. Ayinla Kwara 2019 Bello Taoheed Abubakar Jimoh Bashir Jide Ashonibare Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station Okin Biscuits James Kolo AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi Adewuyi Funmilayo Moshood Bakare CACOVID Palliatives Ibrahim Abikan General Hospital, Ilorin ARMTI Elesie Of Esie Ilorin.Info Mohammed Lawal Bagega Tunde Kazeem Belgore Ayinke Saka Titus Suberu-Ajibola Adamu Jemilat-Baki Ayodele Olaosebikan Sa\'adu Salau Umar Bayo Abdulwahab Ilorin Muslim Community Otoge Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi Moses Afolayan Mumini Ishola Hanafi Islamiya Abdulraheem Salau Kabiru Abdullahi Tanke Flyover Bridge IYA ALFA NLA Summit University Muhammad Ghali Alaaya QuickWin Ibrahim Abiodun SWAN David Oyepinola Adedumoye Harmony Holdings Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi NAWOJ Ibrahim Jawondo Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq Jalala Akeem Lawal Olokoba

