Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of Prof. Razaq Kalilu as substantive Vice Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso.
This is contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Adelabu, yesterday.
Prof. Kalilu will serve for a single term of five years with effect from June 12.
He joined the service of LAUTECH on September 1, 1992, and became a Professor of Arts History, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, 24 years ago. He was appointed Acting Vice Chancellor on June 12, 2023.
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Prof. Kalilu, an alumnus of the University of Ife (OAU) and the University of Ibadan (UI), is a polymath and specialist in Form and Material Technology. He was Head of Department (Fine and Applied Arts) from 1998 to 2003; Dean of Faculty of Environmental Sciences from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2012 to 2016; Chairman, Committee of Deans in 2004; and from 2004 to 2006 the Chairman, Committee of Deans and Provosts, he was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of LAUTECH between 2006 and 2008.