Tunbosun Ogundare | Lagos
Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Professor Bidemi Bilkis Lafiaji-Okuneye as the first substantive vice chancellor of the newly established Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Ijanikin and Epe campuses.
Lafiaji-Okuneye, a Professor of Health Education, is formerly the provost of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education(AOCOED) before she was appointed as acting vice chancellor of LASUED when the college was upgraded last year to a full-fledged degree-awarding institution alongside Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED) in Epe.
The Lagos State Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, announced the appointment in a statement made available by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, on Wednesday last week.
The head of service said Lafiaji-Okuneye’s new appointment was backdated to March 2022 and would run for only five years single tenure.
He said the state government expected her to continue to demonstrate a high level of dedication, diligence and selflessness in the discharge of her duties, noting that that is the only way to justify the reason for her elevation.
Muri-Okunola congratulated her and wished her well in her new role.
On his part, the Special Adviser to the governor on Education, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, whose office superintends over all the tertiary schools in the state, explained that Lafiaji-Okuneye’s elevation to her new status was in compliance with Section 8, Subsection (1) (C) and (D) of the Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) Law of 2021.
He also congratulated her and urged her to consider her appointment as a call to higher responsibility.
