President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today Thursday Tinubu terminated the appointment of Professor Polycarp Emeka Chigbu as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), ahead of the February 14 date when the academic’s tenure was to end.
Similarly at the University of Abuja, now known as Yakubu Gowon University, Tinubu dissolved the entire governing council and relieved Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi of her duties as Vice-Chancellor.
Tinubu as President is Visitor of all these Federal-owned universities.
In Chigbu’s stead, the President has named Professor Oguejiofu T. Ujam as his Acting VC for UNN.
Ujam will hold fort for six months and will not be eligible to apply for the permanent position.
To succeed Maikudi, President Tinubu appointed Professor Lar Patricia Manko as Acting Vice Chancellor at the Yakubu Gowon University for a six-month term.
She will not be eligible to apply for the substantive Vice Chancellor position when it becomes available.
The leadership changes at UNN extended to the role of Pro-Chancellor, with Gen. Ike Nwachukwu reassigned to the University of Uyo.
President Tinubu appointed Engineer Olubunmi Kayode Ojo as the new Pro-Chancellor of UNN.
Previously, Ojo held the same position at the Federal University of Lokoja and the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti.
These changes were contained in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
Senator Lanre Tejuoso, currently Pro-Chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, has been appointed Pro-Chancellor of the Yakubu Gowon University.
He will be succeeded in Makurdi by Senator Joy Emordi, now Pro-Chancellor of the Alvan Ikoku University of Education..
Professor Zubairu Tajo Abdullahi, currently the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Uyo, has been appointed to succeed Ojo at the Federal University of Lokoja.
Senator Sani Stores is the new Pro-Chancellor of Alvan Ikoku University of Education, succeeding Senator Joy Emordi. Senator Stores is a Council Member at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Additionally, Barrister Olugbenga Kukoyi, a current Council Member at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has been appointed the new Pro-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State.
All appointments and reassignment decisions are effective immediately.
