Is-haq Oloyede
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Is-haq Oloyede | |
|---|---|
| Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Dibu Ojerinde |
| Secretary General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs | |
| Assumed office May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Lateef Adegbite |
| 8th Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin | |
| In office 2007–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Shamsudeen Amali |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Ganiyu Ambali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1954 |
Ishaq Olarewaju Oloyede CON FNAL (born 10 October 1954) is a Nigerian professor of Islamic Studies, and academic.[1][2] He is a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria,[3] and the current registrar and chief executive of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).[4][5]
He was born on 10 October 1954, in Abeokuta South local government area of Ogun State.[6] Oloyede had his Secondary Education from 1969–1973 at the Progressive Institute, Agege Lagos. He then learned Arabic and Islamic Studies between 1973–1976 at the Arabic Training Centre Agege, Lagos, (Markaz). He received a certificate in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Ibadan in 1977 and a B.A. in Arabic at the University of Ilorin in 1981. In July 1982 he was appointed an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Religions of the University. In 1991, he had his Doctorate degree in Islamic Studies also from the University of Ilorin.[7]
Oloyede earned several scholarships and prizes during his student days, notable among which were the Arab League prize for the best final year Certificate student in Arabic and Islamic Studies in 1977 at the University of Ibadan; Federal Government undergraduate merit award from 1979 to 1981; Department of Religions Award, University of Ilorin, 1981 and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Award, Unilorin also in 1981.[8]