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Breaking: Tinubu Appoints Ex-UNILAG VC Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as New NUC Board Chairman

June 22, 2026 • 1 min read

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe as the new Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Universities Commission.

The appointment was announced on Monday in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Professor Ogundipe succeeds Emeritus Professor Olufemi Raphael Aina, who resigned after less than a year in office.

Professor Ogundipe, 66, previously served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos from 2017 to 2022 and currently serves as Pro-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University in Ede, Osun State. He is a professor of Botany with expertise in molecular plant taxonomy, biosystematics, ethnobotany, cytogenetics, forensic botany, and ecological conservation.

He holds a PhD in Botany from Obafemi Awolowo University and an MBA from the University of Lagos. He is a fellow of the Nigerian Academy