Lilian 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. Speech at Tertiary Education summit

"Prof. Lillian Salami Speaking on Career and Academic"

 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.