President Bola Tinubu
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Tinubu appoints members to university governing council.

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President Bola Tinubu has made key appointments to federal universities in Nigeria. 


A statement issued on Tuesday by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, revealed that Chisom Obih has been appointed to the Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, following the death of a council member, while a former Head of the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Lagos, Professor Ralph Akinfeleye, has been appointed to the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State.


The statement also disclosed that a retired Nigerian Army Colonel, Prof. Ibrahim Yakasai, who is currently the Provost of Bayero University’s College of Health Sciences in Kano, has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara State. 


The President also appointed Hamisu Yelwa as the university’s Registrar, with Usman Nakazalle Sanusi as the Bursar, and Dr. Shehu Liman as the Librarian. 


President Tinubu said that these appointments are part of his efforts to strengthen the governance and leadership of federal universities in Nigeria.

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Published on August 13, 2025
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