Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has announced Mrs Olanike Kudirat Adeyemo, a Professor at the Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine of the University of Ibadan (UI) as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG).
This was contained in a letter personally signed by Governor Makinde.
Prof. Adeyemo, who was the Head of the Oyo State COVID-19 Decontamination and Containment Team of the State COVID-19 Taskforce, was born on July 17, 1970.
She bagged Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V. M.), Master’s degree in Veterinary Public Health (MVPH) and Ph.D. Veterinary Public Health in 1994, 1998 and 2005 respectively from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Adeyemo, who is a COMSTECH Distinguished Scholar and pioneer Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnership) at the University of Ibadan, between 2017 and 2021, joined the services of the premier University in March 1999 as Lecturer Grade II in the Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine. She became Lecturer I in 2002, Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in 2005 and Reader/Associate Professor in 2008. In October 2011, she became a full Professor.
From August 2013 to July 2015, she was a Schlumberger Foundation-sponsored Visiting Scholar at the Center for Human and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
