ASUU Elects New President

On Sunday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities chose a new leadership to head the organisation for the next two years.

The ASUU executive council, on the other hand, would serve for a maximum of four years.

They were chosen in ASUU’s national delegates conference in Awka, Anambra State.

Prof. Victor Emmanuel Osodeke of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture in Umudike, Abia State, was elected President, while Chris Piwuna, a Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Professor at the University of Jos’ College of Medicine, was elected Vice President.

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Prof. Siji Sowande (Treasurer), Prof. Ade Adejumo (Financial Secretary), Dr Austen Sado (Investment Secretary), Dr Adamu Babayo (Internal Auditor), and Dr Stella-Maris Okey (Internal Auditor) are among the others (Welfare Secretary).

While the new President served as Vice President to the outgoing President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, Piwuna was the Internal Auditor of ASUU and its former Chairman in UNIJOS before his election.