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Oluwatobiloba AJAYI

Lecturer II
college of LAW (COLAW)
LAW Programme

Oluwatobiloba I. Ajayi, holds a teaching position with the College of Law, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria. She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), an Associate Member (ACIS), Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) and Associate Member (ACIPM), Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria(CIPM).

Education
  • Ph.D (2023) University of Ibadan, Ibadan (Law)
  • LL.M (2015) University of Ibadan, Ibadan (Law)
  • LL. B (2011) University of Ibadan, Ibadan (Law)
Research

To date, my research focuses on Industrial Relations and Gender Studies. 

One of the issues my research focus identifies is that Discrimination in the workplace generally occurs when an employee is intentionally treated differently because of his or her race, color, religion, national origin, disability, gender, sexual orientation or age by the employer or co-employees during the phases of hiring, discipline, performance appraisal or termination of appointment. The paucity of female employees in leadership positions is very glaring at both the international and national levels. When compared to their proportion in the labor force. Arguments proffered to explain this trend range from lack of interest on women’s part to incompetence. This pattern of employment can be ascribed to the type of education given to women and it is also a reflection of the facilities made available for their education by the government that has always been male-dominated especially when it comes to decision-making. 

In addition, one of the most formidable problems female employees have in Nigeria is their acceptability in their chosen professions due to the gender stereotype which brands some jobs as male jobs. Any female in such jobs is seen as one trying to close rank with or wanting to be equal to men. This results in some of the duties which they should undertake been taken away from them under the assumption that women are the weaker sex.

Institutional Service
  • 100 and 200 Levels Adviser
  • CLASFON Bowen Chapter Staff Adviser
Professional Service
  • Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
  • Associate Member (ACIS), Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN). 
  • Assistant-General Secretary, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), Ibadan Chapter, 2018- March, 2020.
  • Associate Member (ACIPM), Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM).
Selected Publications
  1. Ajayi, Oluwatobiloba I., 2018. The Right to work as a Social Right of Women in Nigeria, The Gravitas Review of Business and Property Law Journal, Lagos: Meristem Trustees Limited, December, Vol. 9 No.4, 2018.
  2. Adedeji, B.O. and Ajayi, Oluwatobiloba I., 2018. Women, their Rights and Workplace Discrimination, IISTE International Affairs and Global Strategy, 2018, Vol.67., 2018.
  3. Ajayi, Oluwatobiloba I., 2020. Rights of Female Workers in Industrial Relations in Nigeria. ICSAN Journal of Corporate Governance and Administration. Vol.3:61-68, 2020.