The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities has elected the Vice-Chancellor of University of Benin, Professor Lilian Salami as its Chairman.
The Vice- Chancellor of Bayero University Kano, Professor Sagir Abbas has also been elected as the Alternate Chairman.
These were made known in a statement signed and made available to Journalists in Abuja by the Secretary General of the Committee , Professor Yakubu Ochefu.
According to the statement, the Professor Salami was unanimously elected on Wednesday during a virtual/physical meeting held at its secretariat in Abuja.
The statement reads, ” Until her election Professor Salami was the Alternate Chairman to Professor Sulyman Abdulkareem who will be completing his tenure as the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin on the 15th October, 2022.”
The statement further disclosed that the election of Professor Salami now makes her the second female Vice-Chancellor to head the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities.
The Secretariat wishes the two members of the Executive Board of the Committee success as they take over the mantle of leadership.
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