"As part of the Chancellor’s Office, the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs provides the executive leadership in assisting the Chancellor in the overall planning, organizing, and controlling of the academic program areas."
"Serves as the principal assistant and advisor to the Chancellor in all academic matters. Develops and plans institutional and academic programs, budgeting and resource allocation; supervises staff development programs, federal grant program administration; monitors personnel actions and transactions; and participates in academic personnel policy development and negotiation."
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"Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole, MB BS, FMCOG, FWACS, whose appointment as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan had earlier been approved with effect from Wednesday, 01 December, 2010 by the Federal Government has assumed duty. Professor Adewole's appointment was ratified and announced by the Governing Council on Thursday, 02 September, 2010 and forwarded to the Federal Government for approval."
"Adewole was appointed as the minister of health from November 2015 to May 2019 under the Cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari with another appointment as the president of the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer."
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During the Adewole's tenure as the Honourable Minister of Health in 2015-2019, he as a senior Professor, a Vice Chancellor of the premier University, he used his office to promote health ministry in Nigeria.
"Health is wealth" according to Adewole, as he always say, "the only and highest currency is health, ministry of health is to give maximum support to the citizens from basic to the highest level of health."
The University of Lagos, popularly known as UNILAG, is a public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria and was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in the world in major education publications.
However, the 11th Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Rahamon Ade Bello whose office was situated at the 11th floor of the senate building.
The governing council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) announced the appointment of Professor Rahamon Ade Bello, a Professor of Chemical Engineering after the death of Professor Sofoluwe.
The appointment which is for a period of five years and takes effect from Monday, November 12, 2012.
Therefore, for the five years he spent as the VC, his achievement cannot be counted with curriculum vitae that is full of positive achievements.
Moreover, University of Benin is another federal government owned university, funded and managed by the federal government of Nigeria. The university was founded in 1970 in Benin City, Edo State. This university is one of the oldest in Nigeria with the largest student and staff population.
Professor Friday Faraday Osasere Orumwense popularly known as (F.F.O) was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, FFO ascended the exalted position as the 9th vice chancellor on December 1, 2014. Since his assumption of office from 2014-2019 cooked a lot for the institution, the University flourished under his watch with an avalanche of infrastructure and academic fortunes.
The institution, under his leadership has continued to maintain the lead as the most sought after university by admission seekers both at the undergraduates and postgraduates levels.
Being the Vice Chancellor in some Universities like University of Lagos, University of Ibadan as well as University of Benin can be compared as the Governor of a state, the university campus is like a State as it accommodates different Students from other tribes and states across the country even from the international states, there are departments, faculties, unions, it may be seen bigger than a state. The Vice Chancellors that successfully ruled any of the above-mentioned universities are capable and will be useful at the federal level even at this time.
All Campus Show President, Comrade Busuyi Ojo -Jobus in a statement commended all the Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provosts: "Professor is the highest rank in the academic industry, Vice Chancellors who have headed Universities are extra ordinary persons, I have indirectly worked with most of them and studied their administrations, they head Universities which is the source of knowledge, knowledge is the major thing needed in governing a country, therefore, these capable Vice Chancellors need to be considered to input their experience to nation's building, the federal government must see this as an expensive suggestions and recommendation by appointing the Vice Chancellors, I promise there would not be any regret.
