President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Prof. Yahaya Isa Bunkure as the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State.

Prof. Bunkure is a renowned academic specialising in science education. He is currently the Provost of Saadatu Rimi College of Education in Kano.

This was contained in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), on Wednesday.

The statement said Tinubu also appointed Abdurrazaq Abubakar Nakore, an engineer, as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano, while Prof. Abdullahi Tukur Kodage was named as Vice Chancellor of the university.

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SolaceBase reports that Engineer Nakore, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, was Executive Secretary of the Rural Electricity Board in Jigawa State.

The Federal University of Education, Zaria, and the Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano, were among the four Colleges of Education upgraded into full-fledged universities between 2022 and 2023.

In accordance with the institution’s governing laws, the pro-chancellor will serve a term of four years, while the Vice-Chancellors will serve for five years.