A Professor of Medicine and Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Jos, Plateau State, Chris Piwuna, has been elected as the national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Professor Piwuna takes over from Emmanuel Osodeke, a Professor of Agriculture at the University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, who was elected in May 2021.
The new national president was the immediate past National Vice President of the union.
Piwuna, a former Dean of Students Affairs at the UNIJOS, emerged victorious at an election during the union’s 23rd National Delegates Congress at the University of Benin in Benin City, Edo State.
The new President defeated his opponent, Adamu Babayo, a professor from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State.
An official communique is expected from ASUU at the end of its congress on Monday.
