LASU VC, John Obafunwa Has No PhD & Holds Two Jobs - ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday
accused the Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State
University, Prof. John Obafunwa, of not possessing a PhD
and holding two jobs.

Dr. Adesola Nasir, ASUU’s Zonal Coordinator for Lagos
Zone, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that apart
from being LASU’s VC, Obafunwa was also the Chief
Medical Examiner of Lagos State.

Nasir said it was an aberration to the laws setting up a
university for it to be headed by a personality without a
PhD certificate.

“The vice-chancellor could not run LASU as he ought to
because he lacks the capability to do so,” the ASUU
official said.

In his reaction, Prof. Obafunwa described the allegation of
his non-possession of a PhD as “ignorance at its height”.
Obafunwa said if anyone was questioning his education
as to the PhD/Fellowship issue, that person should
contact the National Universities Commission.
The LASU vice-chancellor said the claim of the union was
another demonstration of ignorance that requires no
comments, stressing: “I need not enter into political
discourse.”

Obafunwa listed some Nigerian universities with vice-
chancellors in the medical field as the University of
Ibadan; the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; the Federal
University, Lokoja; Osun State University; and LASU.