President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of governing councils and boards for federal tertiary institutions in the country.
A statement released by Nnamdi Mbaeri, the permanent secretary in the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) on Friday, said 255 individuals have been appointed to the governing bodies.
In the statement, Tinubu appointed Bisi Akande, former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to chair the University of Ibadan’s governing council, and Wole Olanipekun, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as the chairman of the University of Lagos council.
Others are Isa Yuguda, a former governor of Bauchi, who will chair the National Open University’s governing council; Siyan Oyeweso as chairman of the Obafemi Awolowo University’s council; Adebayo Shittu for David Umahi University of Medicine in Ebonyi State; and Muiz Banire and Florence Ita Giwa, who 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.
Meanwhile, the Arabiji of Iragbiji, Oba Abdulrasheed Olabomi has been from Adeyemi University of Education to Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta as Chairman.
Former Deputy Governor, Mrs Titilayo Laoye-Ponle was among Osun indigenes appointed in polytechnic categories. She is to lead the Federal Polytechnic, Kabo, Kano State.
