Prof. Olusola Isaac Fajana
Vice-Chancellor
NUL Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Isaac Fajana assumed duty on 2nd August, 2021. Prof. Fajana is the 10th NUL Vice-Chancellor.
Born and bred in Nigeria, Prof. Fajana holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Relations from the University of Lagos, Nigeria acquired in 1991. He also holds a Master of Science in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from the same university in 1985, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria acquired in 1981.
He has a vast teaching experience obtained from a number of Universities. He attained the rank of Full Professor in 2002 and has held positions of Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer at the Joseph Ayo Babalola University from 2011 to 2018. Prof. Fajana was the Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration in the University of Lagos from 2006 to 2007 and Head of Department for two terms in the same university.
Prof. Fajana is an acclaimed publisher who is also the current Chairman of the Planning and Implementing Committee of the Proposed Vision University of Ikogbo-Igbesa since 2019. He has been a member of Council of the Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria and the Nigeria Industrial Relations Association since 1989. He was recently elected into the Executive Committee of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association, based at the International Labour Office in Geneva.
VICE-CHANCELLOR’S WELCOME MESSAGE
I welcome all visitors to this website, and may I share with you a few remarks about the National University of Lesotho. Our university is old and yet new; we are small yet big; we are national, yet international; and we are conservative yet dynamic. Let me explain.
Having been established since 1945, we are one of the oldest universities in Africa, with a credible record of huge alumni who have made enviable waves both in the South African sub-region, and the world over in all fields of human endeavor. Yet, we are new because our programmes have been fitted for the attraction of contemporary youths and the need to get them ready for entrepreneurship and great exploits in national and global labour markets.
We are small because our population is cohesive enough to exist as a small family where the interests and welfare of all staff, students, visitors and other stakeholders are sufficiently catered for. We, as a full comprehensive and conventional institution, are big on account of the diverse provisions that we make to enable each stakeholder in the university enterprise to become whatever he or she wants to become in life.
We are a nationally funded institution, a national symbol, a legacy to the African Region. We have become international as expected of universally inclined institutions on account of the functional global relationships we have cultivated over time, our international staff and students, international ratings and the global effect our alumni have made in all areas of human undertakings.
We are conservative because we operate in a policy-driven environment where your rights are guaranteed and your views count typical of the milieu of freedom that characterised the first generation universities as institutions often appropriately referred to as ivory towers. However, we are dynamic as we take the future into focus in the variety and quality of services we render for the benefits of diverse members of society.
If you are visiting this site as a prospective student or staff, you are making the right choice.
If you are already a staff member or registered student, you are in the right place.
If you are a potential collaborator or partner or alumni of the NUL visiting this site, you are here at the right time, because we are reaching out to you very soon, if we have not already done so.
Enjoy the rest of your visit to the NUL website, explore and be positively influenced, as you become a worthy member of our ever-growing family. You are welcome at this platform where you will discover the uniqueness of the national university in the scenic mountain kingdom of Lesotho.
NUL was home for His Majesty, King Letsie III, as well as Queen Masenate of the Kingdom of Lesotho as students; home for the legendary Desmond Tutu as faculty member; home for the late Tito Mboweni, a prominent politician in South Africa, home to the current Vice-Chancellor of Africa’s largest university, the University of South Africa, among other dedicated global academic and professional giants in industry, the diplomatic corps and government. This, certainly, is the place to be.
Rea leboha.
Professor Isaac Olusola FAJANA
Vice-Chancellor
Overview of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor
The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Academic and Administrative Officer of the University and initiates and implements the institutional strategies on all key issues affecting the University. The Vice-Chancellor is thus the chief strategist for the University, coordinating academic, administrative, corporative, financial, human resources and physical plans in the development of the institution.
The Vice-Chancellor provides leadership to Management Team responsible for the academic, financial, administrative, public relations functions of the University and ensures that each performs to the expected level of excellence and promotion of good order throughout the institution.
The Vice-Chancellor assisted by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor heads a Management Team made up of the Registrar; Bursar; the University Librarian; Deans of Faculties and; Directors of Institute of Extra Mural Studies; Students Affairs; Human Resources; Legal Services; Communications and Marketing; Campus Services; Development Planning; Information, Communication and Technology; Centre of Teaching and Learning; Moshoeshoe I Institute of Peace and Leadership; NUL Water Institute as well as; Safety and Security.
The University also has an audit function which is headed by the Chief Internal Auditor. The Chief Internal Auditor reports to the Audit Committee for its work and to the Vice-Chancellor on administrative issues.
The Vice-Chancellor is an ex-officio member of the University Council and Chairman of Senate.
Staff
Ms. Palesa Buti – Senior Assistant Registrar (Vice-Chancellor)
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology [NUL]; Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) – Public Policy [University of KwaZulu-Natal] UKZN; Master of Social Science- Public Policy [UKZN]
Tel: +266 22340601 Direct: +266 22340269 Ext 7055
Contacts
Prof. Olusola Isaac Fajana
Vice-Chancellor
National University of Lesotho
P.O. Roma, 180.
Lesotho.
Tel: +266 22340601/ 52213000 Ext: 7204
Direct:+266 22340269
Fax:+266 22340702
E-mail: vc@nul.ls
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