Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello (born 23 April 1964) is a Nigerian academic. She is a professor of

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and the 9th Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University.

Biography

Olatunji-Bello was born in Ologbowo community Idumota,

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in defunct Western Region of Nigeria on 23 April 1964. She attended Anglican Girl Grammar School in

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between 1970 and 1974 and

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, Yaba for Junior and Senior secondary education between 1974 and 1979. For tertiary education, she attended Lagos State College of Science and Technology,

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where she obtained a bachelor's degree in physiology in 1985. She obtained a master's degree in physiology from the

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in 1987. She also attended

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between 1994 and 1998. She served as an assistant lecturer at the

College of Medicine, University of Lagos College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL) also known as Medilag is the medical school affiliated with the University of Lagos in Nigeria. It is located in Idi-Araba, Lagos beside its sister institution, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital ...

and rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a professor of physiology at

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in 2007. She served as the deputy Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University(LASU) in 2008. She also served as the acting Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University known as LASU before Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello was appointed as the 9th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU). In an interview with ''

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'', she mentioned that her becoming the vice chancellor was because it was God's appointed time for her. Mrs Olatunji-Bello married commissioner Bello Olutunji which is a commissioner for environment and water resources in Lagos State, Nigeria. Mrs Bello-Olutunji had three children.

Awards and recognitions

Olatunji-Bello is a recipient of The Feminine Nigerian Achievement Award in the category of The Most Outstanding in Tertiary Education. Olatunji-Bello is also on the list of "The Nigerian Woman Annual: 100 Leading Woman" for the year 2022.

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