Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun |
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8th Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University | |
Assumed office January 6, 2016 |
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Appointed by | Akinwunmi Ambode |
Preceded by | John Obafunwa |
Personal details | |
Born |
Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun October 19, 1966 Alimosho, Lagos State, Nigeria |
Nationality | Nigerian |
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Occupation | |
Profession | Lawyer |
Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun (born 19 October 1966) is a Nigerian academic, author and a Professor of Environmental Law. He is the 8th substantive Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University. He was appointed by the governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode to succeed professor John Obafunwa, a Nigerian pathologist whose tenure ended on 31 October 2015. His appointment was lauded by the Lagos State university chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The association through the chapter chairman pledge their full support for good administration.
Olanrewaju was born at Akesan, Alimosho, a local government area of Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria. He attended Local Authority Primary School at Agege and Ikeja Grammar School, Oshodi, Lagos where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate. Thereafter, he obtained a Bachelor of Law, LL.B degree in 1987 from the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University. Following the completion of the compulsory one year youth service program in 1989, he attended the Nigerian Law School before he was Call to the bar. He later proceeded to the University of Lagos where he earned a master's degree in law and later returned to Obafemi Awolowo University where he received a doctorate degree in law. During the doctoral program, he received a Postgraduate diploma in International Tax Law from Robert Kennedy College, Switzerland.