Prof (Mrs.) Olatunji-Bello appointed new VC of LASU

Professor (Mrs) Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has been appointed as the ninth substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University(LASU), TopNaija reports.

The new VC is the Area Pastor in charge of the Testimony Chapel, an area under Lagos Province 1 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God(RCCG).

Prior to her appointment, Olatunji-Bello has served as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution before her elevation. She is the wife of the Secretary to the Lagos State government, Tunji Bello.

Ibiyemi took up a job as a lecturer and rose through the ranks in the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idiaraba. She assumed duty as the first Professor of Physiology in Lagos State University College of Medicine on October 2, 2007.

She is happily married to Tunji Bello, a journalist and lawyer, and the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, and the former Secretary to Lagos State Government. They are blessed with 3 children.

Olatunji-Bello was born in Lagos on the 23rd of April 1964 to (Mrs.) Jadesola Ibidapo nee Abraham of Ita Kose , Lagos Island and Mr Emiola Ibidapo-Okunrinboye of Owo, Ondo State.

She attended Anglican Girls Primary School, Surulere, from 1970 to 1974 and then Lagos Anglican Girls Grammar School, Surulere, between 1974 and 1979.

She proceeded to Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, and Lagos State College of Science and Technology, Ikosi Campus where she did her “A” levels in 1982.

Prof Olatunji-Bello thereafter attended the prestigious University of Ibadan where she bagged a BSc (Hons) Physiology in 1985.

After her NYSC at the University of Lagos, she was awarded MSc Physiology in 1987 at the University of Lagos.

She attended 6-month research training in the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the US in 1994. After which she bagged a Ph.D in Physiology of the University of Lagos in 1998.

She obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Theology from the Bible College of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in 2001 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education PGDE of the Lagos State University in 2018.

In 2012, Professor Olatunji-Bello attended the Course 34 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies Kuru, the highest policy advisory body of the Federal Government, as a nominee of the National Universities Commission NUC where she was awarded the certificate as a Member of the National Institute (mni).

She was awarded a fellowship of the Physiological Society UK in the year 2017 which was shortly followed by the Fellowship award of the Physiological Society of Nigeria.

She was appointed a Fellow of the society for Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Mitigation in the year 2019.

An astute academic, Professor Olatunji-Bello rose through the ranks from Assistant Lecturer (1988-1991), Lecturer II between 1991 and 1996, Lecturer I from 1996 to 1999, Senior Lecturer (1999 – 2005), Associate Professor between 2005 and October 1, 2007, all in the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi Araba.

She assumed duty as the First Professor of Physiology in Lagos State University College of Medicine on the 2nd of October, 2007

Olatunji-Bello has held several professional and administrative positions both at UNILAG and LASU.