President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Prof. Yahaya Isa Bunkure as the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State.
Prof. Bunkure, a renowned academic in science education, is currently the Vice Chancellor of Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kano.
This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
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According to the statement, Tinubu also appointed Engineer Abdurrazaq Abubakar Nakore as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano, while Prof. Abdullahi Tukur Kodage was named Vice Chancellor of the same institution.
Engineer Nakore, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, previously served as Executive Secretary of the Rural Electricity Board in Jigawa State.
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 line with the institution’s governing laws, the Pro-Chancellor will serve a four-year term, while the Vice Chancellors will serve for five years.
