KWASU: 20 Staff Promoted To Professiorial Cadre

The Governing Council of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has approved the promotion of 20 staff to the professorial cadre.

The promotion is contained in a statement by the Acting Director of University Relations, Dr Sa’eedat Aliyu, on Tuesday in Ilorin.

Aliyu noted that the approval was given at the 64th Regular Meeting of the institution’s Governing Council held on February 16.

According to the statement,  five of the 20 staff attained full professorship, while 15 others were promoted to Associate Professorship.

”The newly promoted Professors are Prof. Taibat Moji Yusuf, Agricultural Production and Resource Use; Prof. Dupe Olufunke Ogunbosoye, Ruminant Nutrition; and Prof. Issa Abdulraheem, Business Management and Entrepreneurship.

"Others are Prof. Salih Muhammed Jum’ah Alaso, Arabic Literature and Nigerian Arabic Poetry Criticism; and Prof. Yahya Duro Uthman Hambali, Criminal Justice and Criminology.

”The Associate Professors are Dr Kayode Ayantoye, Department of Agric Economics and Extension Services; Dr Ade Isaac Afe, Department of Crop Production; and Dr Adeshina Fadeyibi, Department of Food and Agricultural Engineering,” the statement read.

Other associate professors included Dr Adesina Mutalub Lambe, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Dr Aminu Nassir Brimah, Department of Business and Entrepreneurship; Dr Kabiru Mustapha and Dr Abdulrahman Sikiru Ottan, both of the Department of Material Sciences and Engineering.

Also, Dr Ayoola Oladunke Aransi, Department of English and Linguistics; Dr Tajudeen Yusuf, Department of Arabic and French; and Dr Zekeri Abu, Department of Business and Entrepreneurship were appointed as associate professors.

Dr Lukman Bola Abdulra’uf, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry; Dr Jimoh Ajadi, Department of Geology and Mineral Science; Dr Henry Sawyer, Department of Environmental Health Science; as well as Dr Majekodunmi Rachael Adedayo and Dr Adeyinka Elizabeth Ajiboye, both of the Department of Microbiology were the other associate professors.