EducationNewsNigeriaProfessor Chris Piwuna from UNIJOS becomes ASUU’s New President

Professor Chris Piwuna, a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, and current Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos, Plateau State, has emerged as the new President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Professor Piwuna defeated his opponent, Professor Adamu Babayo from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, thereby succeeding Professor Victor Osodeke, a soil science expert from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State.

Piwuna assumes office at a critical time, amid growing concerns over potential industrial action from unresolved issues, including the sharing formula of the recently released Earned Academic Allowances by the Federal Government, persistent brain drain, and other lingering challenges in Nigeria’s university system.

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