President Bola Tinubu has appointed Hon. Chisom D. Obih to the Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State. The appointment follows the death of a council member.
The President also named Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, a renowned communications scholar, to the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Akinfeleye, former Head of the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Lagos, chairs the Centre of Excellence in Multimedia and Cinematography/Unilag Radio 103.1 FM and Television. He previously served on the Governing Council of Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja, and replaces Mr. Wahab Owokoniran, who is now Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Federal University of Transport, Daura, Katsina State.
Meanwhile, President Tinubu has approved the appointment of Prof. Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai as Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara State.
Other principal officers appointed for the university are Mr. Hamisu Yusuf Yelwa as Registrar, Mr. Usman Nakazalle Sanusi as Bursar, and Dr. Shehu Aminu Liman as Librarian.
Prof. Yakasai, a retired Nigerian Army Colonel, is Provost of the College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, and chairs the Committee of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine in Nigeria. He also serves on the Governing Council of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State.
He obtained an MBBS from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and later won a European Economic Commission scholarship for postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom, earning membership and fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Yakasai holds a Master’s in Medical Education from the University of Winchester, and fellowships from the International College of Surgeons (USA) and the American College of Surgeons. He is a former Director-General of the Kano State Hospitals Management Board.
