By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved new appointments to the governing councils of two federal universities and named principal officers for the recently established Federal University of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara State.
According to a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga, Hon. Chisom D. Obih has been appointed to the Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, to fill the vacancy created by the death of a council member.
In a related development, the President named Professor Ralph Akinfeleye, a renowned communications scholar, to the Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Prof. Akinfeleye, former Head of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, is also Chairman of the Centre of Excellence in Multimedia and Cinematography/Unilag Radio 103.1 FM and Television.
He replaces Mr. Wahab Owokoniran, who was recently appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal University of Transport, Daura, Katsina State.
Meanwhile, President Tinubu approved the appointment of Prof. Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai as Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe.
Other principal officers named are Mr. Hamisu Yusuf Yelwa as Registrar, Usman Nakazalle Sanusi as Bursar, and Dr. Shehu Aminu Liman as Librarian.
A retired Colonel in the Nigerian Army, Prof. Yakasai is currently Provost of the College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, and chairs the Committee of Provosts of Colleges of Medicine in Nigeria.
He also serves on the governing council of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State.
Prof. Yakasai earned his MBBS from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, before securing a European Economic Commission scholarship for postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom.
He holds membership and fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, a Master’s in Medical Education from the University of Winchester, and fellowships from the International College of Surgeons (USA) and the American College of Surgeons.
His career includes a stint as Director-General of the Kano State Hospitals Management Board.