President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Prof. Yahaya Bunkure as the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State.
The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.
Onanuga said the appointment was contained in a release titled ‘President Tinubu appoints Nakore, Kodage into governing council of Federal University of Education Kano, Bunkure, names VC Federal University of Education Zaria’.
Bunkure, a renowned academic in science education, is currently the Vice Chancellor of Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kano.
According to the statement, the President also appointed Engr. Abdurrazaq Nakore as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano.
It added that Prof. Abdullahi Kodage was named Vice Chancellor of the university.
Onanuga noted that Nakore, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, previously served as the Executive Secretary of the Rural Electricity Board in Jigawa State.
He recalled that the Federal University of Education, Zaria, and the Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano, were among the four Colleges of Education upgraded into full-fledged universities between 2022 and 2023.
“In accordance with the institution’s governing laws, the pro-chancellor will serve a term of four years, while the Vice-Chancellors will serve for five years,” the statement added.
