Ogunsola broke UNILAG’s 58-years Record
POLITICS DIGEST- Professor Folasade Ogunsola on Monday emerged as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos.
She was elected by members of the Senate at an emergency meeting held on Monday.
While Ogunsola polled 135 of 167 votes, her closest fellow contestant, Prof. Ben Ogbojafor secured 31 votes respectively.
With her emergence, Ogunsola broke UNILAG’s 58-years record by becoming the first female to be appointed as an acting VC of the institution since it was founded in 1962.
She is also the first female Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos.
She became the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development Services) of the institution since 2017.
Sixty-two-year-old Ogunsola is a Professor of Clinical Microbiology.
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According to her citation on Havard’s website, Ogunsola’s research interest and work centered around the diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance.
She has, for two decades, been involved in raising awareness on Infection Control in Nigeria.
She was a founding member of the Nigerian Society for Infection Control in 1998 and has assisted in setting up infection control programmes in institutions around the country.
She is the principal investigator at AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria at UNILAG.
She has also been the chairman of Infection Control Committee of Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Additionally, she is the chairman of the National Association of Colleges of Medicine in Nigeria.
She has a strong interest in the application of Infection Control principles for the prevention of disease transmission and antimicrobial resistance in low resource settings.
She is a member of the Global Infection Prevention and Control Network.
“Between 1974–82, Ogunsola obtained her first degree from then University of Ife.
“She got a master’s degree from College of Medicine, University of Lagos, then proceeded for her doctorate at the University of Wales between 1992–97.
