TASUED: First Woman Professor After 14 Years Of Existence

Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, has produced the first woman Professor, Eunice Hassan after fourteen years of its establishment.

The university was established in 2005 after it was carved out from Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu, Ijebu, Ogun State.

TASUED Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, pronounced Hassan, a professor of Counselling Psychology as Professor of the University, shortly after she delivered the fifth inaugural TASUED lecture.

The VC while confirming Hassan as a Professor of TASUED, urged women to brace for academic challenges.

Arigbadu commended the counselling psychology professor for rising to the peak of her career, urging her to continue aiming higher for the institution.

He called on other lecturers in the institution to pick up the challenges of presenting their inaugural lectures, saying it was one of the important aspects of their profession.

Hassan is the first professor to deliver the inaugural lecture from the College of Specialised and Professional Education and also first from the department of Counselling Psychology and Educational Foundation at the University.

In the inaugural lecture, Hassan, spoke on “Counselling for Harmony in Workplace: Resolving Gender Discrimination Issues in the World of Work”, lamented the rate of discrimination against women at workplaces.

She also lamented that the rate of women living in poverty over the world has increased to 50 percent.

Hassan stated that women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours and produce half of the world’s food.

She complained that despite women’s hard work, they earn only 10 percent of the world’s income.

She said that women owned less than one percent of the world’s property.

According to her, to say gender discrimination isn’t a problem is like saying bullying in elementary school is perfectly acceptable.

She therefore urged the government to expand constitutional provisions that would create equal opportunities for both men and women.

While calling on employers to eliminate gender discrimination in companies and organisations.