KWASU Promotes 45 Staff to Professorial Cadre

Kwara State University, Malete, has approved the promotion of 45 staff members to the professorial cadre.

The Governing Council ratified the promotions at its 78th Regular Meeting held on Wednesday, 1 April 2026. The breakdown is direct; 20 staff members attained full professorship, while 25 others were promoted to associate professorship.

Full professors approved by KWASU

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

The Faculty of Allied Health Sciences produced one professor:

• Professor Henry Olawale Sawyerr, Environmental Health Toxicology and Risk Management

Faculty of Agriculture

The Faculty of Agriculture produced three professors:

• Professor Olayinka Jelil Yusuf, Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology
• Professor Kayode Ayantoye, Agricultural Development and Policy
• Professor Isaac Ade Afe, Agronomy

Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts produced four professors:

• Professor Tajudeen Yusuf, Arabic Linguistics
• Professor Saeedat Bolajoko Aliyu, Environment and Gender in African Studies
• Professor Reuben Kehinde Akano, African Literature and Cultural Studies
• Professor Ayoola Oladunke Aransi, Yoruba Literature, Cultural and Gender Studies

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

The Faculty of Engineering and Technology produced six professors:

• Professor Sikiru Ottan Abdulrahman, Materials Development, Mining Operations, Machineries, Corrosion Phenomena
• Professor Kabiru Mustapha, Sustainable Composite Materials Development and Characterisation for Multifunction Engineering Applications
• Professor Fadeyibi Adeshina, Post-Harvest Technology and Food Engineering
• Professor Adeniyi Ganiyu Adeogun, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
• Professor Samson Odeyemi, Structural and Materials Engineering
• Professor Lambe Mutalub Adesina, Electrical Power Systems, Control and Renewable Energy

Faculty of Management and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Management and Social Sciences produced two professors:

• Professor Shehu Usman Adam, Environmental Economics
• Professor Zekeri Abu, Entrepreneurial Marketing and International Business

Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences

The Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences produced four professors:

• Professor Adeyinka Elizabeth Ajiboye, Food/Industrial Microbiology
• Professor Majekodunmi Rachael Adedayo, Food/Industrial Microbiology
• Professor Lukman Bola Abdulrauf, Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
• Professor Jimoh Ajadi, Mineral Exploration/Geochemistry

New associate professors at KWASU

Faculty of Agriculture

The Faculty of Agriculture produced one associate professor:

• Dr. Wasiu Awoyale, Food Processing and Storage Technology

Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts produced five associate professors:

• Dr. Hakeem Olawale, Yoruba Literature and Cultural Studies
• Dr. Michael Olanrewaju Agboola, Drama: Theory and Criticism
• Dr. Bamidele Olusegun Fawenu, Old Testament Interpretation and Eco-theology
• Dr. Adesina Abiodun Olubitan, African Christian Theology and Interaction of Religions
• Dr. Peter Olanrewaju Awojobi, Biblical Studies, Christian Theology and African Christianity

Faculty of Education

The Faculty of Education produced two associate professors:

• Dr. Adedayo Adesokan, Learning Disability
• Dr. Joshua Sule Mamman, Accounting Education

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

The Faculty of Engineering and Technology produced two associate professors:

• Dr. Morakinyo Wasiu Kareem, Renewable Energy/Fluid Engineering
• Dr. Mutiu Akinpelu, Structural and Materials Engineering

Faculty of Information and Communication Technology

The Faculty of Information and Communication Technology produced three associate professors:

• Dr. Jumoke Falilat Ajao, Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence
• Dr. Abdulsalam Olaniyi Sulaiman, Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence
• Dr. Akinbowale Nathaniel Babatunde, Artificial Intelligence and Information Security

Faculty of Management and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Management and Social Sciences produced five associate professors:

• Dr. Nurudeen Bello Ahmed, General Management
• Dr. Ismaila Yusuf, Human Resource Management, General Management and Entrepreneurship
• Dr. Lukman Adebayo-Oke Abdulrauf, Corporate Finance and Development Finance
• Dr. Ahmed Oluwatobi Adekunle, Energy Finance and International Finance
• Dr. Musa Ilias Biala, Environment, Energy and Behavioural Economics

Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences

The Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences produced four associate professors:

• Dr. Damilola Temitope Ogundele, Analytical/Environmental Chemistry
• Dr. Wahab Adesina Osunniran, Inorganic-Bio-inorganic Chemistry
• Dr. Gabriel Babatunde Egbeyale, Numerical Analysis
• Dr. Risqot Ibrahim-Garba, Algebra (Transformation of Semigroup and its Applications)

Other newly promoted associate professors

The list also includes:

• Dr. Mutiu Adewumi Alabi, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
• Dr. Raliat Abimbola Aladodo, Natural Product Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Molecular Modelling
• Dr. Abdulhakeem Olanrewaju Sulyman, Enzymology, Protein Biochemistry, Drug Discovery and Computational Enzymes Inhibitor Design

What the council approved

The council approval covers 45 staff members across several faculties at KWASU. Twenty reached full professor rank, while 25 moved to associate professor level. The spread is Wide; the names cut across health sciences, agriculture, arts, engineering, education, ICT, management, and pure and applied sciences.

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