𝙿𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙸𝙳𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝚃𝙸𝙽𝚄𝙱𝚄 𝙰𝙿𝙿𝙾𝙸𝙽𝚃𝚂 𝙾𝙱𝙸𝙷, 𝙰𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙵𝙴𝙻𝙴𝚈𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙾 𝙶𝙾𝚅𝙴𝚁𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙲𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙲𝙸𝙻𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝚄𝙽𝙸𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙸𝚃𝙸𝙴𝚂, 𝙽𝙰𝙼𝙴𝚂 𝙿𝚁𝙸𝙽𝙲𝙸𝙿𝙰𝙻 𝙾𝙵𝙵𝙸𝙲𝙴𝚁𝚂 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙵𝙴𝙳𝙴𝚁𝙰𝙻 𝚄𝙽𝙸𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙸𝚃𝚈 𝙾𝙵 𝙷𝙴𝙰𝙻𝚃𝙷 𝚂𝙲𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴𝚂, 𝚃𝚂𝙰𝙵𝙴

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

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

Obih's appointment follows the death of a member of the council.

The President also appointed Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, a renowned communications specialist, to the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

Prof. 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.

Formerly a member of the Governing Council of Yakubu Gowon University of Abuja, Akinfeleye replaces Mr. Wahab Owokoniran, who was appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Federal University of Transport, Daura, Katsina State.

Meanwhile, President Tinubu has also named Prof. Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai as the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara State.

The President appointed Mr. Hamisu Yusuf Yelwa as the university's registrar, Usman Nakazalle Sanusi as the Bursar, and Dr. Shehu Aminu Liman as the Librarian.

A retired Colonel from the Nigerian Army, Prof. Yakasai, is the Provost of the College of Health Sciences at Bayero University in Kano. He is also the chairman of the Committee of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine in Nigeria and a governing council member at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State.

He obtained an MBBS at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He later won a scholarship from the European Economic Commission to do his postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom, where he obtained a membership to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and a fellowship at the same prestigious college.

Prof. Yakasai obtained a Master's in Medical Education at the University of Winchester and subsequently went to the USA to pursue the Fellowship of the International College of Surgeons, FICS (USA), and the Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons.

He also served as the Director-General of the Hospitals Management Board, Kano State.

Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information & Strategy)

August 12, 2025

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