PROF. FAGBOHUN ANNOUNCED AS NEW LASU VC

Prof. Abdul-Hakeem Lanre Fagbohun 

The visitor to Lagos State University, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode today announced Prof. Lanre Fagbohun as the new Vice Chancellor of the institution amidst speculations.



Professor Fagbohun came first in the interview held for candidates who showed interest for the no 1 position in the school, and this announcement was in agreement to the interview result.

Before now, most candidates considered came 3rd in the interview, this had informed speculations that the candidate who came 3rd, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello would be announced as the new VC.

Prof. Lanre Fagbohun is the Director of Studies of International Law Association (ILA), Nigeria. In this capacity, he provides overall guidance and expert supervision to all scholarly reports and publications of the Branch.

Prof. Fagbohun is currently the Chike Idigbe Distinguished  Research Professor at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Lagos. Prior to joining the Institute he taught Environmental Law and Policy and International Environmental Law at the Undergraduate and Post-graduate levels in the Faculty of Law of the Lagos State University.  His practice, research and writing has in the last 20 years focused on environmental litigation, indigenous rights and the law of pollution control and environmental restoration. 

Professor Fagbohun was at different times

• A member of Senate of the Lagos State University; 
• Head of Department of Business Law and later Department of Private and Property law; 
• Co-ordinator, Law Centre, Lagos State University;
•  Co-ordinator the Department of Environmental Law and Allied Disciplines of the Centre for Environment and Science Education of the Lagos State University; 
• Project Facilitator and Resource Person to the British Council, Committee on Ecology and Environment of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, United Nations Development Programme, the National Judicial Council; 
• Environmental Rights Action & Friends of the Environment, Nigeria. 
• For several years he was the Editor-in-Chief of the LASU Law Journal; 
• Member, Journal of Nigerian Labour Law; and 
• Chairman, Editorial Board of the Petroleum, National Resources and Environmental Law Journal.  
• He is a member of the National Work-Group for the Streamlining of Environmental laws in Nigeria and Development of Environmental Law and Policy Curriculum for Nigerian Universities; 
• Member, LASEPA Technical Advisory Committee on Environmental Management and Control (Downstream Oil and Gas Sector); 
• Member, Expert Group for the development of Climate Change Policy and Legislation for the Federal Republic of Nigeria; and 
•  Director, Environmental Law Research Institute.  
• He is a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminars.

Professor Fagbohun has published extensively in local and international journals in the area of environmental law, and co-edited several books among which is a 25 chapter book on “Environmental Law Policy”, and another 31 chapter book on “Development and Reforms; Nigeria’s Commercial Law”.  His latest work is an over 630-page book titled, “The Law of Oil Pollution and Environmental Restoration: A Comparative Review”