{"id":1262,"date":"2014-11-13T12:19:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T12:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szabubakar.com\/1\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2025-12-24T02:51:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T02:51:28","slug":"president-jonathan-appoints-prof-sz-as-vc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szabubakar.com\/1\/president-jonathan-appoints-prof-sz-as-vc\/","title":{"rendered":"President Jonathan Appoints \u2013 Prof. S.Z. Abubakar as Vice Chancellor \u2013 Alvan Ikoku Universaity of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1262\" class=\"elementor elementor-1262\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c84d023 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c84d023\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45573d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e45573d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jonathan Appoints Vice-Chancellors for Five New Federal Universities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df3673b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"df3673b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a4d47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29a4d47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>ABUJA<\/b> \u2014 President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the immediate appointment of Vice-Chancellors for five newly established federal universities, comprising four universities of education and one specialized university of health sciences.<\/p><p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The appointments were announced in a statement released on Wednesday by the Federal Ministry of Education. The notice, which was signed by Mr. Sul Ya&#8217;u Sule, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Relations and Protocol to the then Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, confirmed the new helmsmen for the institutions.<\/p><p data-path-to-node=\"5\">The appointments, effective immediately, are expected to kickstart the full academic and administrative operations of the universities.<\/p><p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The newly appointed Vice-Chancellors and their respective institutions are:<\/p><ul data-path-to-node=\"7\"><li><p data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"><b>Prof. Martins Aghaji<\/b> \u2013 Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\"><b>Prof. Richard King<\/b> \u2013 Adeyemi University of Education, Ondo<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"7,2,0\"><b>Prof. Sadiq Abubakar<\/b> \u2013 Alvan Ikoku University of Education, Owerri<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"7,3,0\"><b>Prof. Victor Awonusi<\/b> \u2013 Federal University of Education, Kano<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"7,4,0\"><b>Prof. Ibrahim Kolo<\/b> \u2013 Federal University of Education, Zaria<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-path-to-node=\"8\">In a related development, President Jonathan also approved the appointment of <b>Dr. Nnamdi Olebara<\/b>, the Special Adviser on Media to Minister Shekarau, as a member of the Governing Council for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvanikoku.edu.ng\/\">Alvan Ikoku University of Education, Owerri.<\/a><\/p><p data-path-to-node=\"9\">The move marks a significant step towards institutionalizing the newly converted or established federal institutions and ensuring their prompt take-off under experienced leadership.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17872b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17872b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb4d59e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb4d59e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sources: https:\/\/theeagleonline.com.ng\/jonathan-appoints-vice-chancellors-for-five-new-universities\/<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e87846 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9e87846\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7b57c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7b57c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/szabubakar.com\/1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111alvan-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1273\" alt=\"111alvan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/szabubakar.com\/1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111alvan-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/szabubakar.com\/1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111alvan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/szabubakar.com\/1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111alvan-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/szabubakar.com\/1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111alvan-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/szabubakar.com\/1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111alvan.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"President Jonathan Appoints \u2013 Prof. S.Z. 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