President Bola Tinubu has authorized the formation of new governing councils and boards for federal universities across Nigeria. This decision was announced in a statement by Nnamdi Mbaeri, the Permanent Secretary in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) on Friday, June 14.
Bisi Akande, former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been appointed as the chairman of the University of Ibadan’s governing council. Meanwhile, Wole Olanipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who served as Tinubu’s lawyer in the 2023 elections, will chair the governing council of the University of Lagos.
Isa Yuguda, a former governor of Bauchi, will chair the National Open University’s governing council; Siyan Oyeweso will chair Obafemi Awolowo University’s council; Adebayo Shittu for David Umahi University of Medicine in Ebonyi State; and Muiz Banire and Florence Ita Giwa have been appointed to lead the councils of the Federal University of Transportation in Katsina state and the Federal Polytechnic in Ugep, Cross River state, respectively.
In total, 255 individuals were appointed to the governing bodies of tertiary institutions in the country.
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