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Unilorin names Oloyede, Obafemi, Akanji emeritus professors

The Senate of the University of Ilorin has approved the appointment of three of the university’s retired dons as emeritus professors. A statement by the university's Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun

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The Senate of the University of Ilorin has approved the appointment of three of the university’s retired dons as emeritus professors. A statement by the university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, disclosed that the university’s highest decision-making body, at its 304th meeting on Thursday, gave its nod for Prof. Is’haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, Prof. Olu Obafemi, and Prof. Musbau Akanji to be addressed henceforth as ‘Emeritus Professors’.

Oloyede, who retired from the services of the university in October last year, is a former Vice Chancellor of the university and the current Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB).

Obafemi, a renowned scholar of English and Dramatic Literature, also retired from the services of the university in 2020. Akanji, a former two-time Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, and Federal University of Technology, Minna, is a renowned scholar of Biochemistry. He retired in 2021.
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