Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, yesterday bowed out of office following the expiration of his 5-year tenure.
He assumed office in November 2017 as the twelfth substantive Vice- Chancellor of the institution.
Speaking at a press briefing to mark the end of his tenure, Ogundipe noted that the university enjoyed unprecedented industrial harmony despite the series of strikes that rocked the nation’s university system between 2017 when he assumed office and 2022.
He said: “Despite the series of strikes that affected the Nigeria university system between 2017 and now, at UNILAG we never had any dispute with our internal unions. We enjoyed unprecedented industrial harmony.”
He said UNILAG had recorded significant progress in all ramifications.
“Today, the University of Lagos has grown in leaps and bounds, management under my watch transcended the threshold we set for ourselves as excellence. Our results speak for us such that even in the eye of the storm, we kept our peace and so our focus did not shift. We pushed through and today, I can confidently say I am leaving UNILAG a happy man,” he said.
He explained that in the last five years, the university improved in global rankings.
According to the outgone VC, under his watch, UNILAG staff attracted local and international research grants of N19 billion to strengthen the university’s top-class research mission.
