Emmanuel Osodeke appointed new ASUU President

The immediate past Vice President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, has been elected as the new President of the union.

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The Professor of Soil Science at the Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State was elected president of the union during a three-day conference, which held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Akwa, Anambra State on Sunday, May 30.

He took over from Biodun Ogunyemi, a professor of education at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-iwoye, Ogun State whose tenure ended last week.

Other members of the union, were elected alongside Mr Osodeke and they include, Chris Piwuna of the University of His as Vice President; Olusoji Sowande of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeoukuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State as treasurer, while Ade Adejumo, a professor from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, was elected as Financial Security.

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 Marris Oke from Cross Rivers State University of Science and Technology, was elected as the new Welfare Secretary.