Prof. Bashiru Adekunle OKESINA, MBBS (Lagos), FMCPath, FWACP, UCSP
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Professor Okesina, a Chemical Pathologist, was born on October 11, 1954. He graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Lagos in 1980. He became a Fellow of Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria in 1988 and Fellow of West African College of Physicians in 1989.
He did clinical attachment at the Institute of Neurology Queen Square, London and East Surrey Hospital between 1987 and 1988. From 1991 to 1993, he was a Commonwealth Medical Research Fellow in Clinical Endocrinology at Hammersmith Hospital and Royal Postgraduate Medical College in London.
He was appointed Lecturer I at the University of Ilorin in 1989, Reader in 1994 and Professor of Chemical Pathology in 2000. He was appointed Consultant, Chemical Pathology to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital in 1989.
Okesina became Head of Department in 2000-2004 and Dean, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, University of Ilorin from 2004 – 2007. In 2007, he was appointed foundation Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University from 2007 to 2011.
Okesina has many scholarly publications in local and international Medical Journals. He received International Federation of Clinical Chemistry International Bursary Award 1996; Commonwealth Medical Fellowship Award 1991; National Honours Award (Post NYSC) 1982; Oyo State Merit Award scholarship for University Education 1976 and Odo-Otin Local Government Scholarship for Secondary Education in 1968.
He has supervised several Fellowship Dissertations and has over seventy publications. The Professor has trained and supervised thesis of six Professors, two of whom are currently serving as Deans. He is currently the President of African Federation of Clinical Chemists.
He is happily married and blessed with children.
Prof. OGEN, Olukoya, B.A(Ed.), (Ife). M.A., Ph.D (Lagos)
Dean, Faculty of Humanities
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Olukoya Ogen is a Professor of History at Osun State University, Osogbo as well as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow to the Department of African Studies and Anthropology, University of Birmingham (2012-17).
He holds a PhD in History from the University of Lagos, and a Certificate in Trade, Growth and Poverty from the World Bank Institute, Washington D.C. He was a Leventis Scholar at SOAS, University of London in 2008, a British Academy Visiting Fellow at the University of Birmingham in 2009, a CWAS Visiting Fellow in 2010, and an American Council of Learned Societies (AHP) Postdoctoral Fellow in 2011.
He was also a Guest Researcher at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone in 2011. Prof. Ogen is currently the Country Director of a 5-year European Research Council Grant on ‘Everyday Religious Encounters and Social Identities in Southwest Nigeria.’ He has won numerous foreign travel fellowships / grants for paper presentations at conferences and for research visits to several universities across the globe. With over 60 publications to his credit, Prof. Ogen also sits on the editorial boards of major local and international journals. He co-founded African Nebula with Prof. Samar Habib in 2010.
He is a Member of Faculty Row, a US-based exclusive global elite network of distinguished and super professors that accepts new members by invitation only. Prior to joining Osun State University in 2009, Prof. Ogen had stints at the University of Lagos, 2000-2001, Adekunle Ajasin University, 2001-2006, and Obafemi Awolowo University, 2006-2009.
He is a member of several research networks including the Association of Commonwealth Universities Research Management Network, African Borderlands Research Network and the Organisation for Historical Research in Nigeria. Prof. Ogen is a Senate elected representative on the Governing Council of Osun State University and the current Dean of the Faculty of Humanities.
Prof. Janet Olubukola Olaitan, B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D
Dean, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences
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Prof. Janet Olubukola Olaitan joined the services of Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria in 2008. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from Lagos State University in 1992 and subsequently Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in the same discipline in 1997 and 2005 respectively from University of Ibadan. Dr. Olaitan started her carrier as an Assistant lecturer with University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB) in 1999 and rose to Lecturer I.
In terms of administrative responsibilities, Prof. Olaitan was the pioneer Coordinator and Acting Head of Department of Biological Sciences of the University between 2008 and 2011. She served as the Acting Dean of Student Affairs between 2011 and 2013. She became the pioneer Acting Dean of Basic and Applied Sciences in 2013. She is currently the Dean of Basic and Applied Sciences and Provost, College of Science, Engineering and Technology. She has Academic papers published in both Local and International Journals and has attended many Conferences within and outside the country.
ADEBISI ADEGOKE
Faculty Officer
Administrative Officer II
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Mr. Adegoke obtained her First Degree (B.Tech) Pure and Applied Mathematics and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in the year 2002 and 2009 respectively.
He assumed duty in the Registry Department of Osun State University in August 2015, and was deployed as faculty officer, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences.
JOB DESCRIPTION
1. Faculty Secretary to all Faculty/College Statutory Committees.
2. Processing of students applications to appropriate University Committees like COPDD, BCOS and University Senate.
3. Processing of application for Adjunct lectureship, Sabbatical and contract lecturer to various appropriate Committees.
4. Secretary, University Central Faculty Assurance Committee.
5. Opening of Admission Portal, verification and screening of O’Level results for 100L and DE students;
6. Processing of final clearance for final year students for the process of collecting final notification of results/certificate;
7. Keeping custody of student’s registration files from 100L up to graduation year.
8. Keeping custody of matriculation/graduation gown: collection and returning; and
9. Scanning of relevant documents and students results for Senate approval.
LAWAL Suliyat Aderonke
Confidential Secretary I
Dean’s Office, College of SET
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Mrs. Lawal Suliyat Aderonke is a native of Ede where she had basic and secondary education (1997). She studied Secretarial Studies from Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State (2007). She obtained Higher National Diploma (HND) in Secretarial Studies from Osun State Polytechnic, Iree in the Department of Office Technology and Management (2013). She holds B.Sc. Business Administration from Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State. I have attended both local and International job related trainings, workshops and conferences. Mrs A.S Lawal is a resourceful confidential secretary, married and blessed with lovely children.
JOB DESCRIPTION
• Use a variety of Computer software packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
• Deal with telephone and email enquiries, using an email system (e.g. Gmail)
• Sort and distribute incoming mails and organize and send outgoing mails
• Photocopying and printing various documents
• Create and maintain filing and other office systems
• Keep diaries and arrange appointments
• Attend meetings and take minutes of actions and proceedings
• Prepare and verify salary checkers to payroll records every month
• To carry out any other assignment as directed by the Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Environmental Sciences.
Prof. OMITOLA Bolaji Olumuyiwa, B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
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Bolaji Olumuyiwa Omitola, a professor of political science is currently the Dean, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Osun State University, Nigeria. Prior to this appointment Dr. Omitola served as Director, Entrepreneurial Studies, Acting Dean, Students' Affairs of the University and Head of Department of Political Sciences in the College of Management and Social Sciences of Osun State University, Okuku Campus. Prof. Omitola attended University of Lagos, Lagos from 1987 to 1991 for his undergraduate education programme and University of Ibadan, Ibadan for his postgraduate programmes between 1993 and 2008. He obtained Bachelor of Science, Political Science (with Second Class Upper Division) in the year 1991; Masters in Political Science (with Specialisation in Public Administration) in 1994 and PhD in Political Science in 2008.
Dr. Omitola started his teaching career in The Polytechnic, Ibadan in 1994 as an Associate Lecturer in General Studies. He later joined the service of Olabisi Onabanjo University in 1996 as Assistant lecturer in the Department of Political Science in 1996. In the year, 2010, he joined the service of Osun State University and became the Acting Head of Department of Political Science in April of the year 2010.
Prof. Omitola lectures and conducts research in the following areas: political institution, comparative politics and public administration. This is reflected in his research that have interrogated issues like Nigerian federalism, party system and political parties conflicts, ethnicity, ethno-regional agitations, religious fundamentalism, resource distribution, terror and security. He is involved in various committees assignment within the university.
He has published in local and international journals and peer reviewed books. Some of the publications include; "Women and Political Participation; State Sponsored Participation, Mass-Based or Organization Participation, Ife Social Sciences Review, Journal of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Special Edition, July: 170 - 176, 1998; "June 12 Election: A Paradoxical Episode in Nigerian Ethnic Power Play," Journal of the Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Association, Ile-Ife, Special Edition, July: 88-98, 2000; "Federal Democracy and the Limits of Anti-corruption Crusade in Nigeria", Journal of Public Administration and Management, South-Africa Association for Public Administration and Management, Hatfield, 44 (3.2):195-206, 2009; "Regional Integration: Challenges and Prospects of African Union", Nigerian Journal of International Affairs, Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, 35 (2): 49-72, 2009; "Nigerian Public Service Reforms and the Fourth Republic Experience: Challenges and Prospects", Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, Pennsylvania, Clarion University, 14(8): 76-93, 2012; "Terrorism and Nigerian Federation: The Challenges of Disintegration in the Fourth Republic", African Security Review, Rutledge, Taylor and Francis, London and University of South Africa, 21 (4):4-16, 2012 and "Global War on Terror on Africa from Below: Challenges and Prospects of People's Participation" In: Mammo Muchie et al (ed.) Regenerating Africa to Bring African Solutions to African Problems, Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council and Africa Institute of South Africa, 2016.
He has also been awarded scholarship, fellowship and grants from the following organizations:
African Political Science Association: Small Research Grant, 2001, laureate Methodology Workshop, 2001 and Travelling Grant, 2004; African Studies Association of United Kingdom Traveling Fellowship, 2011; Institute of Security Studies (ISS), South Africa to participate in the ISS Conference on National and International Perspective on Crime Reduction and Criminal Justice in Johannesburg: 2012, 2013, 2014; African Institute of South Africa (AISA) to participate in the Annual African Unity for Renaissance Conference and Africa Day Expo: 2014, 2015, 2017 and Tetfund Research Grant from the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2016.
Prof. Omitola currently serves as External Examiner to some universities in Nigeria; these include Kwara State Universities, Malete, and University of Ilorin, Ilorin.