Tinubu appoints Akande, Olanipekun, Yuguda, 252 others to institutions’ governing councils

President Bola Tinubu has appointed the pioneer chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, and 254 others into the governing councils and boards of tertiary institutions in the country.

The Permanent Secretary in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Nnamdi Mbaeri, who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said Akande would head the University of Ibadan’s governing council.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wole Olanipekun, was appointed the chairman of the University of Lagos governing council, and former Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda, the chairman of National Open University’s governing council.