– Pastor Daniel Olukoya Bags Professorship In Biotechnology
The general overseer of Mountain of Fire Miracles Ministries, Pastor Daniel Olukoya bags professorship in biotechnology at Mountain Top University.
The clergyman who is also the Vice Chancellor at the University was due to for the appointment, based on positive assessments of his publications by some of the world’s best scholars in biotechnology.
The statement read: “This is the result of the positive consideration given by relevant review committees and the Council of the University following the assessments of his publications by some of the world’s best scholars in Biotechnology, each of whom found him to be eminently appointable as Professor of Biotechnology.
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“It needs to be underscored that this appointment is indeed well-deserved by Prof. D. K. Olukoya, who is an epitome of all-around excellence.
”He bagged a first-class honours degree in Microbiology from the University of Lagos in 1980. In 1984, he received his doctorate (PhD) in Molecular Genetics from the prestigious University of Reading in the United Kingdom.
“Thereafter, he taught genetics at the University of Lagos and was an external examiner at a number of universities in and outside Nigeria.”
The University also praised Daniel Olukoya as a renowned researcher and exceptional geneticist at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research between 1984 and 1998.
In a statement issued by the institute, showered praises on him has he had been recognized several times by scholars and worldwide.
“Not only has the new Professor of Biotechnology cut a niche for himself among eminent scholars in Microbiology and Biotechnology across the world, he has equally supervised many postgraduate students and continues to serve as a mentor and motivator to many Nigerian Microbiologists and Biotechnologists, many of whom have risen to professorial cadres in universities in and outside Nigeria,” the statement added.
