Tinubu appoints new governing council members for UNN, NAU, Abuja varsity

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of new members to the governing councils of three prominent federal universities: the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN); Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU); and the University of Abuja (recently renamed Yakubu Gowon University).

This development comes months after the President dissolved the governing council of the University of Abuja in February and dismissed the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Aisha Maikudi, following a controversy surrounding her eligibility for the position.

According to the statement by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the new governing council members for UNIABUJA are Prof. Rosemary Iriowen Egonmwan (South-South), Dr Adedeji Adefuye (South West), Prof. Sarki Abba Abdulkadir (North West) and prof. Aminu Mohammed Dukku (North East).

President Tinubu also filled the vacancies in the governing councils of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and Nnamdi Azikiwe University(NAU). The members appointed for UNN are: “Rt. Hon. Barr. Ogbonna Eugene Odo (South East), Muhammad Inuwa Tahir (North West), while the new governing council members for NAU are Dr Nkem Okeke (South East), Ofoke Chukwuma Charles Ugbala (South East), Dame Amina Patrick Yakowa (North West) and Nojeeb Oriola Agunbiade (South West).