Lilian Salami

Lilian Imuetinyan Salami (born 8 August 1956) is a Nigerian academic who has served as vice-chancellor of the University of Benin since 2019. She is the second female vice-chancellor of the university after Grace Alele-Williams in 1985.She was director-general/chief executive of the National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), Ondo State, Nigeria.

Quotes

• Good funding can redress dilapidated equipment, and other infrastructure, improved remuneration to motivate teachers and attract global scholars. [1] Speech at Tertiary Education summit

"Prof. Lillian Salami Speaking on Career and Academic"

[2]

• To succeed in life, Be who you are at all times and let people know who you are.

• Things have changed and everything is getting dynamic our society and institutions are dynamic. We are now in the digital age and things have taken a different dimension. For me, it’s not a race. It’s about being relevant in one’s time and putting in one’s best.

• It is still the educational system that produced the manpower that is driving this5 country.
  • [3] Speaking on the improvement of Uniben since her appointment as the Vice Chancellor
• The University of Benin is taking a yearning and amiable look. The reasons for this is that we have been synergising with our Alumni that have been very generous to us.
  • [4]Speaking on Nigerians maintaining good nutritional culture for healthy status and prevention of diseases.
• Food accessibility continues to be a challenge and nutrition a major contributor to health prospects and choices.
• Food security and healthy living is the ability of every citizen to have regular access to enough food to meet his or her nutritional requirements for a healthy, active and reproductive life.
  • [5] Speaking on the state of university education.
• I think yes, we may have challenges in certain areas and we are not quite there with technology yet but this is a digital era and I don’t think we are doing badly. We can only do better than we’re doing right now.