The Senate of the University of Lagos on Monday elected Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as the institution’s acting vice chancellor.
The Senate had earlier nominated Prof. Ben Oghojafor, who is also a deputy vice chancellor and Prof. Ogunsola for the position.
They two deputy vice chancellors were nominated at the Senate meeting held on Monday and attended by about 167 professors, who voted for either of the two candidates.
At the end of the counting of the votes, Ogunsola emerged the winner.
Federal Government had last week directed the varsity’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Wale Babalakin, and Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, to recuse themselves from official duties, pending the outcome of the Special Visitation Panel set up by the President Muhammadu Buhari.
The government had also asked UNILAG Senate to reconvene to appoint an acting VC.
