Meet The Newly Appointed JAMB Registrar: Prof. Is-haq Olarewaju Oloyede

For majority of University of Ilorin graduates and undergraduates, the name prof. Oloyede is what can never be new to their hearing. Those who have far graduated before he assumed the position of Vice Chancellor in the University heard of the restructure he brought to the school and up till this moment, that can still be perceived in the University’s environment.

In case you don’t know him, permit me to introduce him to you as described by www.unilorin.edu.com below:

“Prof. Is-haq Olarewaju Oloyede was born in October 1954. He hails from Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State. He was appointed Deputy Vice – Chancellor (Academic) on June 19, 2003 and Deputy Vice -Chancellor (Administration) on July 6, 2005.

He had his Secondary Education from 1969-1973 at the Progressive Institute,
Agege Lagos and Arabic Training Centre Agege, Lagos, (Markaz) from 1973-1976 and later to the University of Ibadan between 1976 and 1977 where he obtained a certificate in Arabic and Islamic Studies.His tertiary education began in the University of Ilorin in 1978 where he studied Arabic and was awarded a B.A. Arabic (First Class Hons) in 1981. In July 1982 he was appointed an Assistant Lecturer in  the Department of Religions of the University.

In 1991, he had his Doctorate degree in Islamic Studies also from the University of Ilorin.
Prof. Oloyede earned several scholarships and prizes during his student days,
notable among which were the Arab League prize for the best final year Certificate student in Arabic and Islamic Studies in 1977 at the University of Ibadan; Federal Government undergraduate merit award from1979 to 1981; Department of Religions Award, University of Ilorin, 1981 and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Award, Unilorin also in 1981.

Prof. Oloyede, who had attended several training programmes across the nation, is also a member of many learned and professional societies. He is a fellow of the Islamic Academy of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Fellow, Academy of Entrepreneurship; Member, Nigerian Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies (NATAIS); Member, Editorial Board, Centre for Islamic Legal Studies, ABU, Zaria, among, several others. Between 1995 and 1998, he was National President of the Unilorin Alumni Association, and was a two-time 1st and 2nd National Vice-President of the Association, in previous years.

Prof. Oloyede was elevated to professorial rank in 1995.
Prior to his present appointment, he was a member of the University Governing
Council; Students’ Disciplinary Committee; Revenue Yielding Committee; Honorary Degree and Monument Committee; Strategic Planning Steerin Committee and Member, Capital Project Implementation Task Force among others. Until his present appointment, he was Director, Academic Planning of the University.

In 2005, Prof. Oloyede was appointed co – secretary of the National Political Reform Conference by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Also in 2006, he was appointed a Consultant by the National Universities Commission on Educational Reforms in Nigeria. He was at a time Chairman of University of Ilorin Holdings Ltd where he served as Director, Unilorin Consultancy Services, among other business ventures of the University.

He was elected the Vice Chancellor on the 15th October 2007 for a single term of five years. He was the formal  Executive Secretary of National Inter -Religious
Council (NIREC), formal President of Association of African Universities (AAU). He is the current Secretary-General, Supreme Council
for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria.”