Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has approved the constitution of the Governing Council of the State University of Science and Technology, Aliero.
The appointment was announced in a statement issued in Birnin-Kebbi on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Abubakar Dakingari.
It named Gen. Muhammadu Magoro (Rtd) as Chairman; Prof. Bashir Aliero, Prof. Aisha Haliru, Mr Yakubu Mai-Kyau, Amb. Usman Baraya and Dr Manado Adamu as members.
Others members are: the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bello Malami; Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Hajiya Rafaatu Hammani; Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice, Alhaji Umar Bala; Representatives of the National Universities Commission and four persons to be appointed by the University Senate.
The institution’s chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities(SSANU) had recently issued a two weeks ultimatum to the government to constitute the council.
The statement said the members of the governing council would be inaugurated by the governor on Thursday, March 2, 2017. (NAN)