Tinubu appoints former Speaker Enugu assembly as member UNN governing board

President Bola Tinubu has appointed the former speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Chief Eugene Odo, and Mr. Muhammad Tahir, as governing councils members of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

Odo served as a two time speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly between 2007 and 2015.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain also served under the previous administration of Muhammad Buhari as a governing board member of Obafemi Awolowo University Ilefe.

Also appointed were the governing councils members of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) and Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka.

The appointments were contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, in Abuja.

Onanuga revealed that the appointment was to fill the vacancy following the dissolution of the former governing council of the University of Abuja.

According to him, President Tinubu had in February dissolved the Governing Council of the University of Abuja and sacked varsity’s vice-chancellor, Aisha Maikudi, amid controversy over her eligibility.

The presidential spokesman added that the president also filled the vacancies in the governing councils of the UNN and Nnamdi Azikiwe University.

Onanuga said President Tinubu charged the new council members to justify their appointments by ensuring that their respective universities move forward.