President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abdurrazaq Nakore as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano.
Tinubu also appointed Prof. Abdullahi Kodage as Vice-Chancellor of the university.
The appointments were announced via a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
Nakore, a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, was Executive Secretary of the Rural Electricity Board in Jigawa State.
Onanuga disclosed that Tinubu also named Prof. Yahaya Bunkure the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State.
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The presidential spokesman added that in accordance with the institution’s governing laws, the pro-chancellor will serve a term of four years, while the Vice-Chancellors will serve for five years.
Prof. Bunkure is a renowned academic specialising in science education and currently serves as the Vice-Chancellor of Saadatu Rimi University of Education in Kano.
The Federal University of Education, Zaria, and the Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, Kano, were among the four Colleges of Education upgraded into full-fledged universities between 2022 and 2023.
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