THE Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities (CVCNU) has elected the Vice-Chancellor of University of Benin, Professor Lilian Salami, as its chairman.
The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas, was also elected as the alternate chairman.
Secretary-General of CVCNU, Professor Yakubu Ochefu, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the election was held on Wednesday in a virtual/physical meeting at its secretariat in Abuja,
Until her election, Professor Salami’s was the alternate chairman to Professor Sulyman Abdulkareem who will be completing his tenure as the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin on October 15.
By her election, she becomes 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,” the statement said.
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