Abdulrazaq appoints Akanbi as new KWASU VC

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has appointed Professor Mohammed Mustapha Akanbi (SAN) as the Vice-Chancellor of the state university, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete.

Professor Akanbi is a son of the late president of the Court of Appeal and pioneer chairman of the ICPC, Justice Mustapha Akanbi.

In a statement by the state commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, Hajiya Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu, in Ilorin, on Wednesday, she said the appointment of the new Vice-Chancellor followed the recommendation of the Governing Council of the Kwara State University, Malete, which was subsequently accepted by the governor.

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“Consequently, on behalf of His Excellency, I hereby announce the immediate appointment of Prof Mohammed Mustapha Akanbi SAN, as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Kwara State University, Malete.

“I am similarly conveying His Excellency’s approval of the appointment to the Governing Council of the University, today, Wednesday, the 1st day of April 2020”, it said.

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