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The DVC Academic Professor Kolade Luke Ayorinde, Department of Animal Production, is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Academic). He joined the University services in May, 1987 as Lecturer II. Born in 1954 at Ayetoro Ile, Ilorin East Local Governemnt Area of Kwara State, Professor Ayorinde attended Titcombe College, Egbe, from 1968 to 1972; University of Ibadan, Ibadan between 1975 and 1979 where he bagged B.Sc. (Animal Science)  with Second Class Upper Division in 1979. Between 1981 and 1982, he returned to the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, for his postgraduate programmes. He was awarded M.Sc. (Animal Science) in 1982 and Ph.D in the same discipline in 1987 at the University of Ibadan. Professor Ayorinde has won many scholarships, honours and distinctions, among which are SIM/ECWA Scholarship, 1969-1970; Kwara State Scholarship, 1975-1976; Federal Government Scholarship, 1976-1982; African Senior Fulbright Research Fellowship, 1995-1996; Sportsman of the Year 1974; University of Ibadan Sports Honours, 1979 and Nigerian Society of Animal Production Roll of Honour, 1992. Apart from his membership of some professional bodies, he is also a member of various associations, some of which include Nigerian Society of Animal Production, Genetics Society of Nigeria, West African Animal Society for Animal Production and the World Poultry Science Association.
The new Deputy Vice-Chancellor, the immediate former Dean of Agriculture who has held numerous administrative posts in the past, has also written and co-written 39 journal articles, nine edited proceedings and 12 technical papers.
Prof. Ayorinde is married to Mrs. Adejoke Ayorinde and the marriage is blessed with children. The DVC Management Services Professor Albert Bamikole Olayemi, the immediate past Director of Academic Planning Unit, is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Management Services.  The office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Management Services), which used to be Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), is an innovation adopted from other universities like the University of Lagos and a few others. The Professor of Water Microbiology attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria for his first and second degrees and the University of Ilorin for his Ph.D. He assumed duty in the University of Ilorin as Lecturer II in the Department of Biological Sciences in 1982 and rose through the ranks to become a Professor in October, 1999. He had previously worked as a Graduate Assistant and Principal Research Officer at Ahmadu Bello University and Institute for Leather and Chemical Technology, Zaria, respectively between 1975 and 1982. Professor Olayemi, an internal member of the University Governing Council, has served the University in various capacities such as member and Chairman of various Committees. He had also served on the Executive Committee of the Unilorin Branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), just as he had piloted the affairs of the University Senior Staff Club as its President.
Professor Olayemi has written and co-written more than 26 articles and contributed several chapters to books. He is a member of many professional societies including Nigeria Society for Microbiology, Society of Nigeria Biotechnology, Nigeria Society for Biological Consideration and Nigerian Environmental Study Team. He is married to Mrs. Beatrice Olayemi and blessed with four children.
DVC (Research, Technology and Innovation-(RTI))
 Professor Yisa Moronfola Fakunle of Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ilorin is the first to be appointed to the newly created post of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Technology and Innovation-(RTI)). He assumed duty on August 9, 2011. The mission of this office is to drive meaningful high quality research in the humanities and sciences relevant to the needs of our community and industries in Nigeria in particular and humanity in general.
He joined University of Ilorin in October 2009 as contract Professor of Medicine after a visiting Professorship in the spring of 2009 at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto.
He is an internationally experienced doctor and researcher. He has more than 30 years experience in Nigeria, Middle East and the UK. He is a proven administrator who excels at streamlining clinical and research operations. He is adept at teaching and mentoring at university level with a demonstrable track record of excellence in establishing new departments and programs. His landmark research was on Tropical Splenomegaly Syndrome (now Hyper Reactive Malaria Splenomegaly) for which he was awarded MD degree of University of Ibadan in 1979.
He had his undergraduate education at University of Ibadan (1963-1968) as a scholar of Northern Nigerian Government. He became University Scholar, University of Ibadan in 1964. He graduated with M.B.B.S in 1968 and won the Blair Aitkin’s Gold Medal Prize in Surgery. He trained in Internal medicine and Gastroenterology (1970-1973) at the Department of Medicine, University of Bristol (UK). He had his fellowship training in Hepatology at the Royal Free Hospital London. He returned to Zaria where he had had his internship and SHO training under Professor E.H.O. Parry to join the vibrant Department of Medicine. His research training in immunology was under the mentorship of Professor B.M. Greenwood, at the MRC Laboratory in Zaria.
Professor Fakunle progressed continually to become the first indigenous Head of Medicine department in Zaria in 1981. He also was first Head Department of Medicine in 1991 at the inception of Bayero University Medical School in Kano.
Professor Fakunle is a Fellow of several professional affiliations such as Royal College of Physicians of London, West Africa College of Physicians, and Patron Nigerian Society of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, etc.
Professor Fakunle was born at Oloyan’s Compound, Ipee, Oyun Local Government, Kwara State in 1942. He is an honorary Chief (Mayegun) of Ipee. He is married with children.
The Bursar
 Mr. Ayodele Sijuwola became the Bursar of the University in August 2007. He was born on 20th June, 1954 at Ojoku, in Oyun local government area of Kwara State. His academic life began when he was at Methodist Primary School, Ojoku in 1960 where he obtained his first school leaving certificate. He later proceeded to Jesus College, Oturkpo, Benue State in 1968. He had his tertiary Education at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he bagged his B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Accounting in 1978.
The Bursar is a member of Professional bodies such as the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria and Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Nigeria, among others.
Mr. Sijuwola had a stint with the Kwara State Printing & Publishing Corporation, Ilorin between 1979 and 1981 and the Nigerian Television Authority, Ilorin between October 1981 to March 1986 before he took up an appointment with the University of Ilorin as a Principal Internal Auditor in 1986. He rose through the ladder as Chief Internal Auditor, Chief Accountant and Deputy Bursar before his appointment as the Acting Bursar in August 2002. He held the post of Ag. Bursar unitl his present appointment which was done by August, 2007
He loves football game. He is happily married and has four children.
The Registrar Mrs. Olufolake Oladunni Oyeyemi, the first female Registrar of the University, was appointed on 28th April 2003 for a five-year tenure. As a result of her exceptional performance, she was re-appointed for another term of 5 years with effect from 28th April 2008. Mrs. Oyeyemi started her administrative career with the old Ondo State Civil Service in 1977 as a Higher Executive Officer. She moved on from there to join the services of the University of Ilorin in 1979 as an Administrative Officer I and rose through the ranks to the position of Deputy Registrar in-charge of Council Office in 1997, a position she held until her appointment as Registrar.  She was born in Akure Local Government Area of Ondo State. She attended St. Thomas Primary School between 1959 and 1964; Fiwasaiye Anglican Girls’ Grammar School, Akure from 1965 to 1969; Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti from 1970 to 1971 for Higher School Certificate (HSC), after which she proceeded to the University of Ibadan, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) degree in French in 1976. She did the compulsory National Youth Service in Kwara State between 1976 and 1977. In 1987, she obtained a Master of Science Degree in Higher Education (with emphasis in University Administration) in the University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. A seasoned and experienced Administrator, widely travelled and a consummate reader of literature, she is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM); Member, Committee of Registrars of Nigerian Universities (CORNU) and Member, Association of Nigerian Universities of Professional Administrators (ANUPA). She has brought into the office of the Registrar a breath of freshness and a new sense of direction for the administrative staff in providing a strong administrative backbone to the management of the University. She has pursued with vigour her vision of an efficient and effective Registry, which is positioned for the challenges of the twenty-first century. Having identified the necessary tools with which to achieve excellence in service delivery, she encourages self-development, discipline, hard work, punctuality and decent dressing among the staff. She is happily married and blessed with children. Ag. Librarian The Acting Librarian of the University of Ilorin, Mrs. Joyce Ayodele Fadayomi, (nee Ilori), was born on May 5, 1955, in Ekiti State. She had her Secondary School Education at St. Louis Grammar School, Ikere-Ekiti, Ondo State ( present Ekiti State), where she obtained her West African Examinations Council Secondary School Certificate (WASSC) in 1971.  In 1977, Mrs Fadayomi obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Seven years later, precisely in 1984, she obtained a Master’s degree in Library Science (MLS) from the University of Ibadan. The (MLS) degree became a defining point in Mrs Fadayomi’s career because it strengthened her on the path to fulfilling her destiny in the University of Ilorin Library. Between August 1977 and July 1978, Mrs Fadayomi was a classroom teacher during her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) assignment at SDA Grammar School, Ile-Ife. She continued teaching after the NYSC at the same school where she served for two years and later in Kwara State until she joined the University of Ilorin as an Assistant Librarian-in-Training in 1981. As part of her responsibilities as a librarian in the University of Ilorin, Mrs Fadayomi still engages in teaching. She teaches fresh students the Use of Library and also teaches Postgraduate Students aspects of research documentation. Mrs. Fadayomi was a Visiting Librarian to Agricultural Research and Mechanisation Training Institute (ARMTI) Ilorin, between 1999 and 2000 and she has attended several training programmes across Nigeria, Africa and Europe. She has 18 publications to her credit and she has presented about 10 papers at conferences and seminars. She also belongs to a number of professional bodies which include: Chartered Librarians of Nigeria (CLN), Nigerian Library Association, Internet Librarians International, among others .
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