President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved new appointments into the governing councils and leadership of Federal Universities of Education in Kano and Zaria.
Engineer Abdurrazaq Abubakar Nakore has been appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano.
Nakore, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, previously served as Executive Secretary of the Rural Electricity Board in Jigawa State.
The President also approved the appointment of Prof. Abdullahi Tukur Kodage as Vice Chancellor of Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano.
At the Federal University of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State, President Tinubu named Prof. Yahaya Isa Bunkure as Vice Chancellor.
Prof. Bunkure, a distinguished academic in science education, currently serves as Vice Chancellor of Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kano.
The Federal University of Education, Zaria, and the Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano, were among four Colleges of Education upgraded into full-fledged universities between 2022 and 2023.
In line with the institutions’ governing laws, the Pro-Chancellor will serve a term of four years, while the Vice Chancellors will serve for five years.
