President Tinubu Appoints Obih, Akinfeleye others into Govenerning Councils
President Tinubu Appooints Obih, Akinfeleye and others into Governing Council of Universities
On Tuesday August 12, 2025 President Bola Tinubu appointed Hon. Chisom D. Obih to the Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State. Obih comes in to replace a Council Member who died recently.
The President also appointed Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, a renowned communications specialist, to the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Prof. Akinfeleye is the former Head of the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Lagos and the Chairman of the Centre of Excellence in Multimedia and Cinematography Unilag Radio 103.1 FM and Television.
Prior this new appointment, he has served as a member of the Governing Council of Yakubu Gowon University of Abuja. Akinfeleye replaces Mr. Wahab Owokoniran in the OAU Council, who has been appointed as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Federal University of Transport, Daura, Katsina State.
Meanwhile, President Tinubu has also named Prof. Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai, as the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara State.
The President also appointed Mr. Hamisu Yusuf Yelwa as Registrar; Usman Nakazalle Sanusi as the Bursar; and Dr. Shehu Aminu Liman as the Librarian.
Prof. Yakasai is a retired Colonel from the Nigerian Army and the Provost of the College of Health Sciences at Bayero University in Kano. He is also the Chairman of the Committee of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine in Nigeria and a governing council member at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State.
He obtained MBBS at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He later won a scholarship from the European Economic Commission to do his postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom, where he obtained a membership to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a fellowship at the same prestigious college.
All the appointments take immediate effect.
