Professor Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani Elected As A Fellow By The Board Of Nigerian Academy Of Letters.

Professor Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani,

"Professor Tijani had been in academia since 1988 and had taught at the College of Education, Jalingo, Gongola State, Lagos State University, Baylor University, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas."

Nigerians have continued to celebrate the election of Professor Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani, as a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters.

Professor Tijani who is currently the Founding Executive Director, Office of Glibal Partnerships-Africa, Morgan State University, served as the Founding Deputy Vice Chancellor, Dean Faculty of Arts and Education at Adeleke University between 2011 and 2017. 

He was the Founding Director, Centre of Excellence in Migration and Global Studies, National Open University of Nigeria, where he is currently a visiting Professor supervising three PhD. students. 

Professor Tijani had been in academia since 1988 and had taught at the College of Education, Jalingo, Gongola State, Lagos State University, Baylor University, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. 

He was tenured as a Professor at Morgan State University in 2009 before returning to Nigeria for almost a decade to assist in the transformation and building of world-class universities in Nigeria. 

He serves as a chairman and member of the Nigerian Universities Commission accreditation panels, a Commissioner on the State of Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, 

Professor Tijani is currently the Founding Executive Director, Office of Glibal Partnerships-Africa, Morgan State University.

In addition to being elected as a Fellow by the Board of Fellows during its July 4th meeting, Prof. Tijani, in June, won the coveted US Fulbright Specialist Program as the Founding Fellow to Afro-American University of Central Africa, Oyalla, Equatorial Guinea.  

He is a mentor, a distinguished academic, father known for his selfless service to humanity and also a Fellow, Royal Historical Society, United Kingdom, and the Society for Peace Studies and Practice. 

Born at the Lagos Island Maternity hospital with both paternal and maternal roots in Lagos Island, he is married with children.

It could be recalled that at its meeting on the 4th of July, the College of Fellows approved the recommendations of the Screening Committee for the election of some members as Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Letters including the erudite Professor Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani.

They include Professor Anthony Esijolomi Afejuku, Professor Florence Orabueze, 

Professor Akinkunmi Alao, Professor Olukoya Ogen, Professor Olatunji Alabi Oyeshile and Professor Olusanjo M. Daramola.

Others are Professor Emmanuel Calvin Emasealu, Professor Cecilia Amaoge Eme, Professor Ladzemo Constantine Yuka and Professor Ais Ayinde Oladosu. 

This was contained in a letter issued by Professor Olakunbi Olasope, MNAL Secretary, NAL.

The overseas nominees include Professor Abiodun Salawu, Professor Emerita Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka and Professor Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani. 

The investiture of the new Fellows would take place on 8 August, 2024 at this Year’s convocation