After months of trying to return the Lagos State University to its former glory, the Lagos State government on Thursday appointed Prof. Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun as the new Vice Chancellor of the institution.
LASU had over the years faced serious crises leading to unceremonious removal of previous Vice Chancellors.
The appointment of Fagbohun is coming within 24 hours after the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, signed the bill amending the law that established the institution into law.
The law now stipulates that the VC and other principal officers would enjoy a non-renewable five-year tenure while the state would now be permitted to build hostels.
Fagbohun, with his appointment, is now the eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University.
A professor of Environmental Law, the new VC was the Director of Research at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of Lagos before his appointment as VC of LASU.
In a statement on Wednesday by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, the appointment of Fagbohun followed the expiration of the tenure of Professor John Oladapo Obafunwa as the seventh substantive Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University on October 31, 2015.
Before this recent appointment, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of the institution, Prof. Fidelis Olisamedua Njokanma, had acted as Vice Chancellor.
Born on October 19, 1966 and from Akesan in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, Fagbohun joined the Faculty of Law of the Lagos State University as an Assistant Lecturer in January 1991 rising through the ranks to become an Associate Professor in 2004.
He studied Law at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), obtained his Master’s of Law Degree at the University of Lagos and attended the Obafemi Awolowo University for his doctoral degree programme.
He also 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 at different times.
