Professor Chris Piwuna has emerged as the new president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Prof. Piwuna, a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, takes over from Professor Victor Osodeke, a soil science expert from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State.
The new ASUU leader is also the Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos.
The decision was reached during ASUU’s 23rd National Delegates Congress held in Benin on Sunday.
Verified sources familiar with the development claimed that the election was a contest between Prof. Chris Piwuna and Prof. Adamu Babayo of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
The National Delegates Conference brought together academics from various universities across the country to deliberate on key issues affecting tertiary education in Nigeria and to elect new leadership.
Professor Piwuna’s assumption of the ASUU presidency comes at a critical time for Nigerian universities, with ongoing discussions surrounding funding, Earned Academic Allowances of University academic staff, mass labour migration from the universities, brain drain, issues of autonomy, and improved welfare for academic staff.
