Professor Sulyman Abdulkareem has been appointed the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) by the management of the university.
The appointment was announced by the university’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of council, Abdullahi Oyekan, on Monday.
It was learnt that his appointment will take effect from October 16th, 2017 as the tenure of the out-going Vice Chancxelor terminates on 15th, October 2017.
Born in 1954 at Oro, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara, Mr. Abdulkareem who is now a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering UNILORIN obtained his first dehgree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Detroit in 1980 and earned his PhD at the University of Louisville in 1988 in the same discipline.
He was a one time Vice Chancellor of Alhikmah University, Ilorin. His area of specialization is Heterogeneous Catalysis/Reaction Engineering.
He is the institutions’s 10th Vice-chancellor.
