President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved key appointments for two newly upgraded federal universities of education in Kano and Zaria. Abdurr...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved key appointments for two newly upgraded federal universities of education in Kano and Zaria.
Abdurrazaq Abubakar Nakore has been named Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano. An engineer and Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Nakore previously served as Executive Secretary of the Rural Electricity Board in Jigawa State.
In the same university, President Tinubu appointed Professor Abdullahi Tukur Kodage as Vice Chancellor.
In a related development, Professor Yahaya Isa Bunkure has been appointed Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State. A specialist in science education, Professor Bunkure currently serves as Vice Chancellor of Saadatu Rimi University of Education in Kano.
The appointments were announced in a statement issued on Wednesday, September 3, by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to the statement, the Pro-Chancellor will serve a four-year term, while the Vice-Chancellors will hold office for five years, in line with the governing laws of the institutions.
The Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano, and the Federal University of Education, Zaria, were among four colleges of education upgraded to full-fledged universities between 2022 and 2023.
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