Tinubu removes Prof. Aisha as UniAbuja VC after barely five weeks in office; Prof. Lar Patricia emerges Acting VC

Tinubu removes Prof. Aisha as UniAbuja VC after barely five weeks in office; Prof. Lar Patricia emerges Acting VC

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has removed Professor Aisha Maikudi as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja (UNIAbuja), now officially renamed Yakubu Gowon University.

According to a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, the decision was accompanied by the dissolution of the university’s governing council.

Senator Lanre Tejuoso, currently Pro-Chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, has been appointed Pro-Chancellor of the Yakubu Gowon University. He will be succeeded in Makurdi by Senator Joy Emordi, now pro-chancellor of Alvan Ikoku University of Education.

To succeed Maikudi, President Tinubu appointed Professor Lar Patricia Manko as Acting Vice Chancellor at the Yakubu Gowon University for a six-month term. She will not be eligible to apply for the substantive Vice Chancellor position when it becomes available.