President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Engineer Abdurrazaq Abubakar Nakore, as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano.

The President also appointed Prof. Abdullahi Tukur Kodage as Vice Chancellor of the university.

Engineer Nakore, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, was Executive Secretary of the Rural Electricity Board in Jigawa State.

President Tinubu also named Prof. Yahaya Isa Bunkure the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State.

Prof. Bunkure is a renowned academic specialising in science education. He is currently the Vice Chancellor of Saadatu Rimi University of Education in Kano.

The fresh appointments were confirmed in a statement on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

Naijaonpoint reports 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.

Meanwhile, Staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) were in a jubilant mood on Wednesday as they welcomed back their Director-General, Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos, with shouts of joy and singing.

In a video shared on 𝕏, the staff members were heard singing ‘baba oyoyooh’ as Dembos made his return to the office.

Naijaonpoint recalls that President Bola Tinubu had, in August, sacked the management team of NTA and approved the appointment of a new Director-General and two Executive Directors for the national station.

However, President Tinubu, on September 2, directed the recall of Dembos as the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).