The immediate past vice president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, has taken over the mantle of leadership from Mr. Biodun Ogunyemi as the Union's new President.
Mr. Emmanuel, a professor of soil science at the Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia State was elected earlier today 30th May 2021 during a three-day conference of the Union that took place at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.
Other members of the union, who were elected alongside Mr. Osodeke, include Chris Piwuna of the University of Jos as vice president; Olusiji Sowande of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, as treasurer while Ade Adejumo, a professor from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, was elected as financial secretary.
Also, a lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Austen Sado, was elected as investment secretary; Adamu Babayo from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, was elected the union’s internal auditor while Stella-Maris Oke from Cross Rivers State University of Science and Technology, was elected as the new welfare secretary.
