Professor Chris Piwuna has been elected as the next president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), replacing Professor Emmanuel Osodeke.
The new ASUU chief was elected at the 23rd National Delegates Congress of the group in Benin City, Edo State on Sunday.
He is a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Plateau State, and won the exercise contested alongside Professor Adamu Babayo of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
The ASUU president is also the Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos.
His predecessor is a Professor of Soil Science from the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State.