The Governing Council of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has approved the promotion of 20 staff of the institution to professorial cadre.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Acting Director, University Relations, Dr Sa’eedat Aliyu, on Tuesday.

Aliyu stated that the ratification was given at the 64th Regular Meeting of the institution’s Governing Council held on February 16.

He said five among the 20 staff attained full professorship, while 15 others were promoted to Associate Professorship.

”The newly promoted Professors are: Prof. Taibat Moji Yusuf, Agricultural Production and Resource Use; Prof. Dupe Olufunke Ogunbosoye, Ruminant Nutrition; and Prof. Issa Abdulraheem, Business Management and Entrepreneurship.

Others are Prof. Salih Muhammed Jum’ah Alaso, Arabic Literature and Nigerian Arabic Poetry Criticism; and Prof. Yahya Duro Uthman Hambali, Criminal Justice and Criminology.

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”The Associate Professors are: Dr Kayode Ayantoye, Department of Agric Economics and Extension Services; Dr Ade Isaac Afe, Department of Crop Production; and Dr Adeshina Fadeyibi, Department of Food and Agricultural Engineering,” he noted.

The other associate professors included Dr Adesina Mutalub Lambe, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Dr Aminu Nassir Brimah, Department of Business and Entrepreneurship; Dr Kabiru Mustapha and Dr Abdulrahman Sikiru Ottan, both of the Department of Material Sciences and Engineering.

Similarly, Dr Ayoola Oladunke Aransi, Department of English and Linguistics; Dr Tajudeen Yusuf, Department of Arabic and French; and Dr Zekeri Abu, Department of Business and Entrepreneurship were appointed as associate professors.

The other associate professors were Dr Lukman Bola Abdulra’uf, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry; Dr Jimoh Ajadi, Department of Geology and Mineral Science; Dr Henry Sawyer, Department of Environmental Health Science; as well as Dr Majekodunmi Rachael Adedayo and Dr Adeyinka Elizabeth Ajiboye, both of the Department of Microbiology.

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