Fatiu Ademola Akesode (April 1940 – 30 March 2001) was a Nigerian professor of paediatrics, educational administrator, and former vice chancellor of Lagos State University Lagos State, Nigeria.
He had his primary education at Ansar-Ud-Deen Primary School, Amuto Okepopo and later attended Methodist Boys' High School in 1954 for his secondary education.
[5][6] He began his career as a Chief Resident in Paediatrics at Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
He later became a lecturer of Public Health at the University of British Columbia, Van Couver B.C Canada in 1978.
He was later appointed as Chief Medical Director of the Ogun state university teaching hospital, a position he held until his appointment as Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University in 1997.