President Tinubu sacks performing/VCs of UniAbuja, UNN others , appoints new leaders 

President Bola Tinubu has introduced a sweeping overhaul of management throughout a number of federal universities, together with the renaming of the College of Abuja to Yakubu Gowon College.

This was disclosed in a press release signed by Bayo Onanuga Particular Adviser to the President.

The adjustments, which take impact instantly, embody the dissolution of governing councils and the elimination of key directors.

Amongst these affected is Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi, who has been relieved of her duties as Vice-Chancellor of Yakubu Gowon College.

She might be changed by Professor Lar Patricia Manko as Performing Vice-Chancellor for a six-month time period, although Manko is not going to be eligible to use for the everlasting position.

On the College of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), President Tinubu has dismissed Professor Polycarp Emeka Chigbu from his position as Performing Vice-Chancellor forward of his tenure’s scheduled conclusion on February 14.

Professor Oguejiofu T. Ujam will assume the position for six months, additionally with out eligibility for everlasting appointment.

The shake-up extends past vice-chancellors, affecting pro-chancellors throughout a number of establishments. Senator Lanre Tejuoso, who beforehand served as Professional-Chancellor of the College of Agriculture, Makurdi, has been appointed Professional-Chancellor of Yakubu Gowon College. His former place will now be held by Senator Pleasure Emordi, the previous Professional-Chancellor of Alvan Ikoku College of Schooling.

What to know 

• Different key appointments embody Engineer Olubunmi Kayode Ojo as Professional-Chancellor of UNN, changing Gen. Ike Nwachukwu, who has been reassigned to the College of Uyo.
• Ojo, in flip, is succeeded on the Federal College of Lokoja by Professor Zubairu Tajo Abdullahi, beforehand the Professional-Chancellor of the College of Uyo.
• In the meantime, Senator Sani Shops, previously a council member at UNN, has been appointed Professional-Chancellor of Alvan Ikoku College of Schooling, succeeding Senator Emordi.
• In one other notable change, Barrister Olugbenga Kukoyi, a present council member at UNN, is now the Professional-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe College in Awka, Anambra State.

The presidency has framed these sweeping adjustments as a part of a broader effort to strengthen governance and tutorial excellence inside Nigeria’s tertiary establishments.

“These appointments and reassignment choices mirror President Tinubu’s dedication to revitalizing Nigeria’s larger schooling system by way of dynamic management and accountability,” stated Bayo Onanuga, Particular Adviser to the President on Data and Technique, in an official assertion. 

The announcement has sparked combined reactions in tutorial circles. Some schooling stakeholders have welcomed the transfer as a obligatory step to inject recent management into the system, whereas others query the abrupt nature of the adjustments and the exclusion of performing vice-chancellors from future consideration.

With Nigeria’s universities going through persistent challenges—together with underfunding, strikes, and governance issues President Tinubu’s restructuring alerts a decisive shift in his administration’s strategy to larger schooling coverage. Whether or not these adjustments will yield the supposed enhancements stays to be seen.