Babatunde Fawehinmi assumes office as UniAbuja VC two months early

Babatunde Fawehinmi has assumed duty as the eighth substantive vice-chancellor of  the University of Abuja. 

Habib Yakoob, the institution’s acting director of information and university relations, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday.

He said Fawehinmi resumed official duty after a rigorous and transparent selection process by the university’s governing council. 

The professor is taking over from Mathew Adamu, who has served in acting capacity since August 11, 2025.

At the university campus, the VC thanked the governing council, senate, management, staff, students, and the alumni for their support.

He pledged to collaborate with all stakeholders to strengthen academic excellence, research output, innovation, and stability.

“It is my hope that with your support, this institution will achieve its vision of becoming a world class university,” Fawehinmi said. 

Yakoob said the staff and students of the university community interacted with the new VC and expressed hope about his appointment.

Fawehinmi was appointed by UniAbuja’s 11th council on November 7 and initially primed to resume as VC on February 10, 2026.

He is a professor of clinical anatomy and biomedical anthropology, with over three decades of academic research and leadership.

Fawehinmi holds a BMedSc degree in Anatomy and MBBS degree from the University of Port-Harcourt, an MSc in Medical Anthropology from the University of London, and a Doctor of Medicine (MD).

The VC’s qualifications, scholarly contributions, and global engagement, Yakoob said, are globally recognised and documented.