Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday approved the appointment of Professor Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun as the 8th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU). Fagbohun was until his appointment director of research at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of Lagos.
The appointment was contained in a statement signed on Wednesday by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde.
According to the statement, following the expiration of the tenure of Professor John Oladapo Obafunwa as the 7th substantive Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University on October 31, 2015, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Professor Fidelis Olisamedua Njokanma assumed the position of Acting Vice-Chancellor.
A Professor of Environmental Law, Fagbohun, was born on October 19, 1966 and hails from Akesan in the Alimosho Local Government area of Lagos State. He joined the Faculty of Law of the Lagos State University as an Assistant Lecturer in January 1991. He rose through the ranks and by the year 2004, he was appointed Associate Professor.
He studied Law at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). He obtained his Master’s of Law Degree at the University of Lagos and attended the Obafemi Awolowo University for his doctoral degree programme.
At different times, he served as a member of Senate of the Lagos State University; Head of Department of Business Law and later Department of Private and Property Law; Coordinator, Law Centre; Coordinator of the Department of Environmental Law and Allied Disciplines of the Centre for Environment and Science Education of the Lagos State University, and was, for several years, the Editor-in-Chief of the LASU Law Journal.
Professor Fagbohun is a member of several academic and professional bodies, and a fellow of a number of national and international institutions.
