Professor Hakeem Fawehinmi Assumes Office as 8th Substantive Vice-Chancellor of UNIABUJA
Professor Hakeem Babatunde Fawehinmi has formally assumed duty as the 8th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, taking over from Professor Mathew Adamu, who had served in an acting capacity since 11 August 2025.
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Professor Hakeem Babatunde Fawehinmi has formally assumed duty as the 8th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, taking over from Professor Mathew Adamu, who had served in an acting capacity since 11 August 2025.
Fawehinmi’s appointment was ratified by the 11th Governing Council during its 80th Extraordinary Meeting held on 7 November 2025, following a rigorous and transparent selection process.
Addressing the University community shortly after resumption, the new Vice-Chancellor expressed gratitude to the Council, Senate, Management, staff, students, and alumni for their support and warm reception. He pledged to work collaboratively with all stakeholders to strengthen academic standards, enhance research output, drive innovation, promote institutional stability, and improve the overall student experience.
“The University will, under my leadership, actively pursue opportunities for collaboration and additional funding to strengthen our institution, broaden our academic and executive programmes, and expand access to education within the Federal Capital Territory and beyond. With your support, this University will move closer to its vision of becoming a world-class institution,” he said.
Members of staff, students, and other stakeholders who interacted with the new Vice-Chancellor expressed optimism about his emergence, citing his strong record of discipline, academic depth, and administrative competence.
Professor Fawehinmi is an accomplished scholar of clinical anatomy and biomedical anthropology with more than three decades of academic, research, and leadership experience across national and international institutions. He holds a BMedSc in Anatomy and an MBBS from the University of Port Harcourt, an MSc in Medical Anthropology from the University of London, and a Doctor of Medicine (MD), the highest academic qualification in the medical profession.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (FRAI), the Anatomical Society of Nigeria (FASN), the Experimental and Clinical Anatomists of Nigeria (FECAN), and the Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria (FAMedS). His professional achievements, scholarly output, and international engagements are widely recognised and well documented, underscoring a distinguished academic career with notable impact within and outside Nigeria.
