*Photo:Professor Lateef Folorunsho Oladimeji*
Al-Hikmah University Governing Council has approved the appointment of Professor Lateef Folorunsho Oladimeji its new Vice-Chancellor.
Until his appointment as the 6th Substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Professor Oladimeji had also previously served in various other positions within the university. He 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).
He was also the Maiden Inaugural Lecturer of the University on January 7th, 2022.
The topic of the inaugural lecture was“Roving Preachers of the Message: Deconstructing Da’wah Across Borders”