UNILORIN promotes 13 lecturers to professors

The University of Ilorin has “promoted 13 academic staff members to the rank of Professor” across various disciplines.

The university disclosed this in a statement issued and shared on its website and social media pages on Sunday.

The promotions cut across the medical sciences, education and pharmaceutical studies, with the Department of Education Management recording the highest number of newly promoted professors.

Five academics in the department were elevated to the professorial rank.

They are “A. T. Muritala, A. A. Lawal, A. A. Atolagbe, O. J. Ojo and A. A. Tijani.

“Other academics promoted to Professor are Mary O. Ologe of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Hafsat A. Ameen of Epidemiology and Community Health; and Oluwabunmi I. N. Buhari of Behavioural Sciences.

“Others are A. Saidu of Arts Education; Aminat A. Odebode and Falilat A. Okesina of Counsellor Education; A. M. Akanmu of Science Education; and S. T. Abdullahi of Pharmaceutical and Medical Chemistry.”

The promotions bring the number of academics elevated to the rank of Professor across the listed departments to 13.

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The university said the promotions were part of its “academic advancement process.”

In February 2025, the varsity’s governing council of the University of Ilorin has approved the promotion of 51 academic staff to the positions of Professors and Readers in various faculties of the institution.

In a statement by the uniaversity Registrar, Mr. Adeleke Alfanla, the varsity said that 20 Readers were promoted to the professorial level while 31 Senior Lecturers were upgraded to the position of Readers.

The statement also said that the promotion followed a recommendation from the university’s Appointments and Promotions Committee, which was presented to the Council meeting on Monday, January 27, 2025, by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Wahab Egbewole SAN.

Earlier in 2024, the school announced the promotion of 40 of its senior academics to the rank of professor.

The elevation, which was approved by the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman (SAN), was a sequel to the recommendations of the University Appointment and Promotion Committee.

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