Former Vice Chancellor Prof. Ibidapo Obe has passed away due to COVID-19 complications. The academician passed away at the age of 71.
The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, UNILAG branch, Dr Dele Ashiru, confirmed the former VC’s death. The ASUU-UNILAG chairman described him as a quintessential academic, saying that he will greatly be missed in the education sector.
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“Yes, he is dead. We got the sad news this evening. He is a distinguished scholar, a seasoned university administrator whose death remains a very big loss to the Nigerian university system and indeed the Nigerian society,” he added.
Ibidapo Obe was a distinguished Professor of Systems Engineering and a former Vice-Chancellor (2000 – 2007) of the University of Lagos. He was the Pro-Chancellor of the Technical University, Ibadan. He was the President of the Nigerian Academy of Science from 2009 to 2013. The former vice chancellor attended the University of Lagos from 1968 – 1971 and was awarded a Bachelor of Science [B. Sc (Hons)] degree in Mathematics 1st Class Honours Division.
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