Ambode appoints 8th LASU Vice-Chancellor
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has approved the appointment of Professor Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun as the 8th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU).
The appointment was announced, Wednesday, in statement signed by the State’s Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde.
A professor of Environmental Law, Fagbohun was until his appointment the Director of Research at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of Lagos.
Professor Fagbohun was born on 19th October, 1966 and hails from Akesan in the Alimosho Local Government area of Lagos State. He joined the Faculty of Law of the Lagos State University (LASU) as an Assistant Lecturer in January 1991. He rose through the ranks and by the year 2004, he was appointed Associate Professor.
He studied Law at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). He obtained his Master’s of Law Degree at the University of Lagos and attended the Obafemi Awolowo University for his doctoral degree programme.
At different times, he served as a member of Senate of the Lagos State University; Head of Department of Business Law and later Department of Private and Property Law; Coordinator, Law Centre; Coordinator of the Department of Environmental Law and Allied Disciplines of the Centre for Environment and Science Education of the Lagos State University, and was, for several years, the Editor-in-Chief of the LASU Law Journal.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Professor Fidelis Olisamedua Njokanma has been Acting Vice-Chancellor since the expiration of the tenure of Professor John Oladapo Obafunwa as the 7th substantive Vice-Chancellor..
