President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Ralph Akinfeleye and Chisom Obih to the governing councils of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, and Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State.
The announcement was made on Tuesday in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
Akinfeleye, a veteran journalist, former Head of the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Lagos, and Chairman of the Centre of Excellence in Multimedia and Cinematography/Unilag Radio 103.1 FM and Television, previously served on the governing council of Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja. He replaces Wahab Owokoniran, who is now the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Federal University of Transport, Daura, Katsina State.
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In the same statement, Tinubu approved the appointment of Professor Ibrahim Yakasai as Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara State. Other principal officers appointed to the university include Hamisu Yusuf Yelwa as Registrar, Usman Nakazalle Sanusi as Bursar, and Dr. Shehu Aminu Liman as Librarian.
Yakasai, a retired Colonel in the Nigerian Army, currently serves as Provost of the College of Health Sciences at Bayero University, Kano, and Chairman of the Committee of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine in Nigeria. He is also a member of the governing council at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State.
He obtained his MBBS from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, before winning a European Economic Commission scholarship to study in the United Kingdom, where he earned a membership and later a fellowship at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He also holds a Master’s in Medical Education from the University of Winchester, as well as fellowships from the International College of Surgeons (FICS, USA) and the American College of Surgeons.
Yakasai has also served as Director-General of the Hospitals Management Board, Kano State.