Abdulrazaq appoints Lukman as KWASU vice chancellor

…as Kwara College of Education becomes University

Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has named Shaykh-Lukman Alade Jimoh, a Professor, as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the Kwara State University (KWASU).

The appointment followed the outcome of the screening exercise of the University’s Governing Council where Shaykh-Lukman was placed first among the candidates.

Shaykh-Lukman is currently the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University and was before then a Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University between 2020 and 2022.

He comes highly recommended to the job with decades of experience as an administrator and university scholar. He hails from Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.

Meanwhile, the Governor has approved for the Kwara State College of Education Ilorin to transmute into the University of Education for ease of take off and other logistic advantages.

“The Government will continue with the ongoing efforts to transform the two other Colleges of Education and make them more viable in line with current realities in the sector”, a statement from the Government House, noted.