Al-Hikmah University Appoints New VC

The Governing Council of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, has approved the appointment of Prof Lateef Folorunsho Oladimeji as its sixth substantive Vice-Chancellor.

Previously, Oladimeji served as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, having held various administrative positions within the university.

According to his resume released by the varsity’s image-maker, Femi Afolayan, the VC was the pioneer Head, Department of Islamic Studies; a pioneer member of the University Senate (till date,) the pioneer Registrar and Secretary to Council, pioneer Director, Centre for Part-Time and Professional Studies (CPPS); Director, Centre for Research, Industrial Linkages and International Collaboration (CRIIC), pioneer Director of Information Unit, Director Academic Planning (DAP) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC).

Born on April 9, 1963, in Lagos, he is from Doyin Compound, Oko-Ode, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.

Oladimeji attended Lagos Secondary Commercial Academy (LASCA), Obanikoro, from where he gained admission into the University of Ilorin in 1983 for his Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A. Hons.) with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) in Islamic Studies.

The new Vice-Chancellor lectured at the Kwara College of Education, Oro, as an Assistant Lecturer in 1992 and rose through the ranks to become Principal Lecturer and Head of the Department of Islamic Studies, a position he held until 2006, when he resigned to join Al-Hikmah University as Lecturer 1.