President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new governing council members for three federal universities.

The institutions include the University of Abuja (UniAbuja), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU).

In February, Tinubu had dissolved the governing council of UniAbuja and removed Aisha Maikudi as vice-chancellor over concerns about her eligibility for the position.

In a statement on Tuesday, Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said Tinubu named four new members for UniAbuja’s governing council.

They are Rosemary Iriowen Egonmwan (south-south), Adedeji Adefuye (south-west), Sarki Abba Abdulkadir (north-west), and Aminu Mohammed Dukku (north-east).

At the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, the newly appointed council members are Ogbonna Eugene Odo (south-east) and Muhammad Inuwa Tahir, mni (north-west).

For Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, the new members are Nkem Okeke (south-east), Ofoke Chukwuma Charles Ugbala (south-east), Dame Amina Patrick Yakowa (north-west), and Nojeeb Oriola Agunbiade (south-west).

The appointments, Onanuga said, are part of ongoing efforts by the Tinubu administration to reposition the nation’s tertiary education sector.

[TheCable]