The immediate past National Vice President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Chris Piwuna, a Professor of Medicine and Consultant Psychiatrist, has been elected the union’s national president.
Mr Piwuna, a former Dean of Students Affairs at the University of Jos, Plateau State, emerged victorious at an election during the union’s 23rd National Delegates Congress, which commenced on Thursday, 8 May, and concluded earlier today, 12 May, at the University of Benin in Benin City, Edo State.
The new President defeated his opponent, Adamu Babayo, a professor from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State, Northeast Nigeria.
The immediate past president of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke, a Professor of Agriculture at the University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, who was elected in May 2021, is said to have handed over to his successor.
