PROFESSOR Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, wife of Lagos State Commissioner for Environment, Tunji Bello, has emerged as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU).
She becomes the ninth LASU VC after months of an intriguing selection process.
In May, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu canceled the exercise and fired the institution’s council for not following extant rules.
Until now, Ibiyemi, a Professor of Medicine, was the Acting VC of the institution.
Born on April 23, 1964, she attended Anglican Girl Grammar School, Surulere, 1974-1979; Methodist Girls High School, Yaba; Lagos College of Science and Technology.
Also, she attended the University of lbadan, 1982-85; University of Lagos, 1987 and University of Texas, Health Science Centre, San Antonio, USA, 1994-1998.
Ibiyemi was an Assistant Lecturer, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba; Lecturer, 1988; Lecturer 11, 1991; Lecturer 1, 1996; Senior Lecturer 1999.
The new VC became an Associate Professor in 2005; Professor of Physiology, LASU College of Medicine, 2007, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, LASU since 2008.
