UNILORIN gets 2 Deputy Vice Chancellors

The authorities of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) have appointed two new Deputy Vice Chancellors for the institutions.

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They are Prof. (Mrs) Sylvia Omonirume Malomo of the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, and Prof. Mikhail Olayinka Buhari of the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences.

While Malomo is the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), Buhari is Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research, Technology and Innovations).

Their appointment followed the expiration of the tenure of Prof. N. Y. S. Ijaiya and Prof. Gabriel Olatunji, Deputy Vice Chancellors (Academics and Research, Technology and Innovations) respectively.

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Malomo, who was born on April 7, 1957, obtained the Bachelor of Science degree, Masters and PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Ibadan (UI) between 1979 and 1985.

She was the first female Dean of the old Faculty of Science, University of Ilorin, before the faculty was split into the Faculties of Physical Sciences and Life Sciences. Until her new appointment, she was the Chairman of the University’s Computer-Based Tests (CBT) Committee.

Prof. Buhari was born on March 14, 1969. The Consultant Pathologist/Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, obtained the MBBS from the University of Ilorin in 1991 and became a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians in 2002, the same year he joined the services of the University of Ilorin as Lecturer 1 in the Department of Pathology.

Buhari, who rose to the professorial rank in 2012, was Acting Chief Medical Director, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, between March 18 and June 19, 2018.

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