Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), in the early hours of Monday, re-elected Professor Emmanuel Osodeke unopposed as their National President to pilot the affairs of the union for another two years.
Apart from Osodeke of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, the union members also re-elected Chris Piwuna, a Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Professor at the College of Medicine, University of Jos, as Vice President.
They were re-elected during their 22nd National Delegates Conference of ASUU, which was hosted by the University of Jos, Plateau State, between May 19 and 21, 2023.
Other national officers of ASUU who were also re-elected during the conference include Prof. Siji Sowande (Treasurer); Prof. Ade Adejumo (Financial Secretary); Dr Austen Sado (Investment Secretary); Dr Adamu Babayo (Internal Auditor) and Dr Aisha Bawa who replaced Dr Stella-Maris Okey as the Welfare Secretary.
Osodeke was quoted to have said in an interview, thus: “We have finished with our national delegates conference in Jos. It was successful. We are on our way back to Abuja. We will issue a statement regarding the conference and my re-election and other national officers when we get back to our station. Thank you”