PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has appointed Ibrahim Yakasai as the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara State.
The President also appointed Hamisu Yelwa as the university’s registrar, Usman Sanusi as the Bursar, and Shehu Liman as the Librarian.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, in a statement, said a retired Colonel from the Nigerian Army, Yakasai, is the Provost of the College of Health Sciences at Bayero University in Kano.
Onanuga said the President has also appointed Ralph Akinfeleye, a renowned communications specialist, to the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Akinfeleye is the former Head of the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Lagos and the Chairman of the Centre of Excellence in Multimedia and Cinematography/Unilag Radio 103.1 FM and Television.
Formerly a member of the Governing Council of Yakubu Gowon University of Abuja, Akinfeleye replaces Wahab Owokoniran, who was appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Federal University of Transport, Daura, Katsina State.
Meanwhile, President Tinubu has also named Chisom Obih to the Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State.
Obih’s appointment follows the death of a member of the council.
Yakasai, a surgeon, was Late General Sani Abacha’s personal physician, and is also the chairman of the Committee of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine in Nigeria and a governing council member at the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State.
Yakasai, who obtained an MBBS at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, later won a scholarship from the European Economic Commission to do his postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom, where he obtained a membership to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and a fellowship at the same prestigious college.
“He also obtained a Master’s in Medical Education at the University of Winchester and subsequently went to the USA to pursue the Fellowship of the International College of Surgeons, FICS (USA), and the Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons.”
The statement said he also served as the Director-General of the Hospitals Management Board, Kano State.
