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Administration Bursar Mr. Said Babatunde OLAYINKA, FCA
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Pursuant to Schedule I, Section 7(b) of the Lagos State University Law, 2004, the Bursar is �the Chief Financial Officer of the University and shall be responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the day-to-day administration and control of the financial affairs of the University�. By virtue of his office, the Bursar monitors income and expenditure in relation to budgetary provisions and presents regular financial reports to the Governing Council
Mr. Said Babatunde OLAYINKA was born on 26th June 1968 in Surulere, Lagos. Before he was appointed as the current Bursar of the Lagos State University in June 2018, Olayinka had held many positions in the Bursary Department and the Directorate of Internal Audit of the University, the last of which was the position of Director of Internal Audit.
Appointed into the service of the University as a Clerical Assistant in 1986. Olayinka has in the last 36 years risen through the ranks, serving at different times as Senior Purchasing Clerk, Assistant Executive Officer(account), Deputy Head/Accountant II at the Cash and Revenue Offices, Accountant I at AASOC, Head/ Senior Account at Salaries & Wages unit, Head/Principal Accountant at Final Account Unit, Head/Chief Accountant at Reconciliation Unit before he was appointed the Director, Internal Audit in 2012.His Academic attainments are no less impressive. In 1985, he obtained his O'levels Certificate from Ansar-ud-deen Grammar School, Surulere, Lagos. He proceeded to Yaba College of Technology, Yaba to obtain his Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Accounting in 1992 and later obtained his Higher National Diploma in the same course in 1996. In 2001, Olayinka obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Planning Studies at Lagos State University, Ojo and later, in 2005, he obtained his Master in Business Administration in the same institution. Olayinka also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Upper Division) in Accounting Education from Lagos State University.
Olayinka is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate & Public Professionals, an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and an Associate Member of, the Chartered Institute of Management. At various times in his career at the Institution, Olayinka has served on more than thirty Committees variously as Member, Secretary, Vice-Chairman or Chairman. He has also attended many local and international seminars, workshops and conferences. He has also served as the Auditor of the Epe Division Forum, LASU Chapter. He remains an active member of the Forum to date.To date, he has twenty-eight prestigious awards in his honour from different bodies viz: Youth organizations, Staff Unions, Social clubs, Academic institutions, NGOs, newspaper organizations and several letters of commendation from the Lagos State University, especially from some former Vice Chancellors. He is a Self-starter, Innovative, Creative, and Determined. Industrious, Dynamic, and Dependable with a High Level of Initiative. Painstaker; Good Eyes for Details. Hallmark: Honesty, Integrity, Fair Play and Objectivity. A motivator with a leading Spirit, Goal Getter with an excellent analytical spirit, Compassionate and Contended.
He enjoys reading, listening to music, dancing, and socializing as an Extrovert, also loves Playing Table Tennis and is a Football Fan of Man United in the English premiership league.
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