The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Prof. Olumuyiwa Odusanya as the substantive and pioneer Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology, Ikorodu.

This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Public Affairs Unit, Office of the Special Adviser on Education, which noted that Odusanya’s appointment took effect from September 29, 2022.

Sanwo-Olu had, at the take-off of the new university, approved the appointment of the then substantive rector of the former Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Dr Nurudeen Olaleye, as the acting vice chancellor of the university pending the selection and appointment of the substantive vice-chancellor.

The statement explained that “It has become imperative to appoint a substantive Vice Chancellor for LASUSTECH to ensure that there is no void in the university’s leadership and to maintain the necessary stability of the institution.

“Odusanya, until his new appointment was a Professor of Community and Primary Health in the Department of Community Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Lagos State University.”