By Peter Omopo
September 3, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has approved fresh leadership appointments for two newly upgraded federal universities of education in Zaria and Kano.
In a statement issued Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President named Prof. Yahaya Bunkure, a science education scholar and current Vice Chancellor of Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kano, as the new Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State.
Tinubu also appointed Engineer Abdurrazaq Nakore as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano, with Prof. Abdullahi Kodage serving as Vice Chancellor of the same institution.
Nakore, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, previously served as Executive Secretary of the Rural Electricity Board in Jigawa State.
The statement noted that, in line with the governing laws of the institutions, the Pro-Chancellors will serve a four-year term, while the Vice Chancellors will hold office for five years.
Both universities were among four Colleges of Education upgraded into full-fledged universities between 2022 and 2023.
