By MUHYIDEEN JIMOH

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr Chisom Obih to the Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State.

Presidential spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, who announced the appointment in a statement issued Tuesday in Abuja, said Obih’s appointment followed the death of a member of the council.

Onanuga said the President also appointed Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye to the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State.

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.

Previously, he served on the Governing Council of Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja.

Akinfeleye replaced Mr Wahab Owokoniran, now Pro-Chancellor of the Federal University of Transport, Daura, Katsina State.

Onanuga said the president also named Prof. Ibrahim Yakasai as the new Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara.

The president appointed Mr Hamisu Yelwa as the university’s registrar, Usman Nakazalle Sanusi as the Bursar, and Dr Shehu Liman as the Librarian.

Yakasai, a retired Nigerian Army Colonel, is currently Provost of Bayero University’s College of Health Sciences, Kano.

He chairs the Committee of Provosts of Medical Colleges in Nigeria and a governing council member at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State.

Yakasai earned his MBBS from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, then studied in the UK on a European Economic Commission scholarship.

He holds membership and fellowship titles from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

He completed a Master’s in Medical Education at the University of Winchester and fellowships in the USA.

Yakasai also served as Director-General of the Kano State Hospitals Management Board. (NAN)