The Vice Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, has appointed Dr. Dauda Adediran Adesola of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics as the Acting Director of the Institute of Foundational and Professional Education (IFPE).

The letter of appointment was dated 19th June 2025 and signed by the Registrar, Dr. Kikelomo W. Sallee.

Dr. Dauda Adeshola, an indigene of Babanloma in Ifelodun Local Government of Kwara State, began his career in June 2007 as a lecturer and head of the department of Mathematics, College of Education, Technical, Lafiagi. In October 2009, he joined the service of Kwara State University as one of the pioneer staff.

An Algebraist with specialisation in Semigroups Theory and its applications in automata theory, coding theory, computational theory, and syntax language recognition holds an
NCE in Mathematics & Economics from the College of Education, Ilorin; a B.Sc. Mathematics from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto; and an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Ilorin.

He was appointed pioneer Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in 2015 and served as Acting Director, Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) from May 2020 to June 2025.

The newly created Institute of Foundational and Professional Education houses the IJMB, JUPEB, Remedial programme, Diploma, and Certificate courses of Kwara State University.