Former University of Lagos Vice-chancellor,Professor Ibidapo Obe , has died of COVID-19 complications. He was the vice chancellor of Unilag between the years, 2000 – 2007.
The late professor was born on the 5th of July, 1949 in Old Ife , Osun state, Nigeria. He served as a Visiting Research Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA (1980–1981).
In 2007, he was a Visiting Research Professor at Texas Southern University in Houston, USA. He was appointed as the Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos in year 2000, succeeding Jelili Adebisi Omotola. He was later succeeded by Tolu Olukayode Odugbemi in 2007 after his successful tenure.
He was honoured with a Post Doctoral Distinction Award Fellow in 1976. He was also a fellow of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada (1977–1979)Fellowship of the Academy of Science and Engineering.
He was a member of the following professional bodies;
Fellow of the Africa Academy of Science.
Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
Late Oyewusi Ibidapo Obe (1951-2021) was a Nigerian professor of Systems Engineering educational administrator and former Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos. He died on the 3rd of January 2021 from COVID19 complication.
