Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, former chairman of the All Progressives Congress has been named the chairman of University of Ibadan Council, while Senator Lanre Tejuoso heads University of Lagos governing council.
Their appointments were announced on Thursday night, as President Muhammadu Buhari reconstituted the Governing Councils of five federal universities.
Other universities with new governing councils are Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) in Rivers State, and Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Delta State.
Dr Elias Courson was named as Chairman of the governing council of the Nigerian Maritime University.
Members of all the councils were also announced.
Echono said all the chairmen and members of the governing councils would be inaugurated by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on April 19.
Vice-chancellors of the five universities were expected to attend the inauguration ceremony which would take place in Abuja.
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