President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of new Chancellors for all the 38 Federal Universities in the country.
The list of the new chancellors was contained in a statement signed by Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau.
The new chancellors are Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar (Sokoto) University of Ibadan; Emir of Kano Alh. Muhammadu Sanusi II (Kano), University of Benin; Obot Akara, Umo Adiaka (Akwa-Ibom), Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola; Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe (Anambra), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; and Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Sulaiman Adamu (Bauchi), Federal University of Technology, Akure.
Others are Lamido of Adamawa, Dr. Barkindo Aliyu Mustapha (Adamawa), Federal University of Technology, Owerri; Tor Tiv, Akawe Torkula (Benue), University of Calabar; Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar (Niger), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu Abubakar (Gombe), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State; and Asagba of Asaba, Chike Edozien (Delta), Federal University, Gashua.
