PRESIDENT TINUBU MAKES KEY APPOINTMENTS IN UNIVERSITIES

President Bola Tinubu has made several key appointments in various universities across Nigeria. Hon. Chisom D. Obih has been appointed to the Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, following the death of a member of the council.

Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, announced the appointments in a statement on August 12, 2025. Onanuga said Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, a renowned communications specialist, has been appointed to the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, replacing Mr. Wahab Owokoniran.

Meanwhile, President Tinubu has also named Prof. Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai as the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara State. Onanuga said the President appointed Mr. Hamisu Yusuf Yelwa as the university’s registrar, Usman Nakazalle Sanusi as the Bursar, and Dr. Shehu Aminu Liman as the Librarian.

Prof. Yakasai is a retired Colonel from the Nigerian Army and currently serves as the Provost of the College of Health Sciences at Bayero University in Kano. He is also the chairman of the Committee of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine in Nigeria and a governing council member at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State.