By Segun Peter
Barely months after his feat as the first professor of Mass Communication produced by his department, Prof Lukman Adesina Azez has emerged the Dean, Faculty of Communication and Information Science of the University of Ilorin.
He is taking over from Prof. Rasheed Gbenga Jimoh whose tenure ends in August.
His emergence, according to a faculty member of the university came on the heels of his past performances in the various positions he had held. Contrary to the tradition of selecting a Dean through an election, his selection came as a result of consensus of the members of the faculty.
Azeez is a former head of the department of Mass Communication and currently the Director, Advancement Office of the University.
The 48-year-old professor graduated from the University of Lagos, where he obtained his first and Master’s degrees in Mass Communication, and International Law and Diplomacy.
He later obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree in Communication Studies from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
He has held several positions in the department as well as the Faculty of Communication and Information Science.
He was Acting Head of Department of Mass Communication from 2018 to 2019, and Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences from 2015 to 2017.
The professor also holds other positions in the institution including, Chairman, Unilorin Bulletin Editorial Board; Member, Unilorin FM Radio; Member, Unilorin Publishing House; Faculty Representative, Unilorin Postgraduate School; and Member, Technical Committee of Centre for Ilorin Studies.
Asides working in the academic environment, Dr. Azeez is the current Coordinator/Facilitator of the International Institute of Journalism, Ilorin Study Center, a training wing of the Nigeria Union of Journalism, where is also a member of the Unilorin Chapel of the Union in the State.
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