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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe as chairman of the governing board of the National Universities Commission (NUC).

Ogundipe succeeds Emeritus Professor Olufemi Raphael Aina, who resigned his appointment after less than one year in office. President Tinubu appointed Professor Aina in July last year, and the board members were inaugurated in November 2025.

Ogundipe, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (2017–2022), 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.

Currently, Ogundipe, 66, serves as Pro-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State.

He is a fellow of several professional bodies, including the Nigerian Academy of Science, the Linnaean Society of London, and the Royal Society of Biology, London. He has also served as President of the Botanical Society of Nigeria and Chairman of the Lagos State Science, Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC).

As NUC Chairman, Ogundipe will oversee the regulatory body of the Nigerian university system, focusing on funding, global competitiveness and academic stability.

President Tinubu expects Ogundipe to provide visionary leadership at the NUC and sustain the credibility of the Nigerian university system, in alignment with the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda, by advancing quality, access, and integrity in the education sector.

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Daguccizgreat:
Only Yorubas are good to be appointed to head agencies and other juicy positions. Tinubu is a colossal failure

OredoPikin:
If he likes let him park all his tribe people everywhere
All we want is results.
Let Nigerians at least feel what good govt really is.

Tenses:
All hail tinubu, the President of Lagos!!

Wickedfacts:
Yes, only yoruba as are good enough.

Azuka, do your worst.

Wickedfacts:
Shimuka, you no go bow for Tinubu ke?

Wickedfacts:
This one don collect reset by force. Shebi you dey shout before

Daguccizgreat:
[b]Only Yorubas are good to be appointed to head agencies and other juicy positions. [/b]Tinubu is a colossal failure

Tenses:
All hail tinubu, the President of Lagos!!

Irony1:
You are still talking abi

Seeplusplus:
A prof whose field is very useless in our country

Mansa6:
Iga ebekata akwa mmiri ..

Ogbasara gi

Onye Mghu!

Seeplusplus:
A prof whose field is very useless in our country