EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 555 individuals to serve as Pro-Chancellors/Chairmen and members of the Governing Boards of 111 Federal Universities, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education.
This decision follows Tinubu’s approval of a list of nominees selected by the Ministry of Education.
According to an advertorial signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Didi Esther Walson-Jack, each institution will have a chairperson and four members appointed.
The Inaugural/Retreat for the Chairmen and Members of the Governing Councils of Tertiary Institutions is scheduled for Thursday, May 30, and Friday, May 31, 2024.
It added that the inauguration and retreat would take place at the National Universities Commission, 26 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, at 9:00 am daily.
The appointments come days after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had threatened to embark on another strike over the failure of the Federal Government to appoint Governing Councils for federal universities.
The union also faulted the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government’s nonchalant attitude toward matters affecting academics in federal universities.
During a briefing at the University of Abuja on Tuesday, ASUU also faulted the 35 per cent salary increment for professors and the 25 per cent salary increment for other academics in the university system.
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