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OLOYEDE, Hussein Oyelola Bukoye
OLOYEDE, Hussein Oyelola Bukoye Ph.D, FNSBMB; FNISEB; FSAN; is a Professor of Biochemistry University of Ilorin,Ilorin, Nigeria. He is a Consultant on the establishment of universities and his area of research interest include Food and Nutritional Biochemistry, Nutraceuticals, Antioxidants, Environmental and Invertebrae Biochemistry.He is the current and Pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Summit University, Offa. He was also the Pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Fountain University, Oshogbo. Professor Oloyede is an active member of several Academic Societies within and outside Nigeria including American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Science, Science Association of Nigeria, Nigerian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, (NSBMB) and Society for Experimental Biology of Nigeria (NISEB). Indeed, he was one of the three founders of NISEB. Presently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of NISEB; Chairman, College of Fellows of NSBMB and Chairman, College of Fellows of NISEB.

Background
Professor Oloyede is an indegene of Offa in Kwara State, Nigeria. He had his B.Sc and M.Sc Biochemistry degrees at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1976 and 1981 respectively. He later on had his Ph.d degree (1986) at Strathclyde University Glasglow. Professor Oloyede joined the services of the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria in 1977 as a Graduate Assistant. He rose through the ranks to become a Professor in 1995. He has successfully supervised numerous B.Sc, M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. Some of these students are also Professors,Deans and Directors today. He is a prolific writer having several publications including monographs, international journal articles and conference proceedings to his credit. He has travelled extensively to various countries attending conferences and presenting scientific papers of international standard. He has served as External Examiner for various Universities within Nigeria and abroad, served as Editor-in-chief and member of editorial board of several journals. He has held several positions within the university which includes Head of Department, Dean of Faculty of Science, as well as serving on several commitees of Senate like the Development Commitee and the Selection Board for Vice-Chancellor and other Principal Officers. He has participated as a member of the Planning and Implementation Commitee (PIC) of several Universities, including Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Summit University, Offa; Proposed University of Offa;Proposed City Model University, Iropora Ekiti and Proposed Warri University, Warri.

Honours and recognition
Professor Oloyede is a recipient of several awards including Unilorin Staff Development Award (1982-1986); Commonwealth Academic award (1983-1986); Olumbe Bassir Lecturer for the NSBMB Annual Conference, 2008; Silver Award by Offa Local Government towards the development of Offa (2010); Award as Keynote Speaker for the 2012 Conference of the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN); Award of Excellence by the Unilorin Postgraduate Students’ Association in respect of Research; Award as Keynote Speaker at the Third International Conference on Engineering Professional Ethics and Education (ICEPEE 2013) held at the : 2017 Unifemga Honours Award; 2017 Global Links Award for Outstanding Leadership in recognition of uncommon and Sterling contribution to Grassroot Developments; Award of Excellence in recognition of my contributions to the Growth and Development of Fountain University Alumni Association (2018); Ansar-Ud-Deen National Special Merit Award (2018), Award of Excellence by the Ansar-Ud-Deen Youth Association of Nigeria (ADYAN) Kwara Zone (2018) and Award of Excellence by NASFAT For Meritorous service to FUO (2019). At the level of Offa where he hails from, he is the current President of Offa Club 80 and the pioneer Chairman of Offa Professors Forum.