President Bola Tinubu has given his consent to the selection of a minimum of 555 individuals who will assume the roles of Pro-chancellors/Chairmen and members of Governing Boards for 111 federal universities, polytechnics, and Colleges of Education.
This came after Tinubu gave his approval to a list of candidates chosen by the Ministry of Education.
The appointment of a chairperson and four members for every institution was displayed in an advertisement by the Ministry of Education.
Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, signed it.
“The inauguration and retreat for the Governing Councils will take place on Thursday, May 30 and Friday, May 31, 2024, at the National Universities Commission, 26 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja. Both events will commence at 9:00am daily,” said Walson-Jack.
The Presidency claimed the list came from the Ministry of Education when asked for confirmation.
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“This is from the Federal Ministry of Education…they make the nominations and forward them to the President to sign. But they are at liberty to release it from their end,” the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, told our correspondent on Saturday.
The appointments follow the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ threat to go on strike just a few days earlier, which might have disrupted the academic schedule and further hurt the nation’s higher education system.
The union criticized the federal government’s inability to name governing councils for federal universities on Tuesday.
The union also criticized the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government for what it perceived to be a callous disregard for issues pertaining to academics at federal universities.
During a briefing at the University of Abuja, the academic community also criticized the university system’s 25% pay increase for other academics and 35% salary increase for professors.
