The announcement was made on Wednesday in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga.

The council, led by Ambassador Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe, included five other members: Hafiz Oladejo, Augustine Onyedebelu, and Engr. Amioleran Osahon, and Rtd. Gen. Funsho Oyeneyin.

The sacking of the governing council and officials followed reports that the council illegally appointed an unqualified vice-chancellor without following due process.

After the controversial appointment, the federal government stepped in to address tensions between the university’s Senate and the governing council of the 23-year-old institution.

The government expressed concern over the council’s apparent disregard for the university’s governing laws in its selection process.

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In the same vein, President Tinubu also approved the removal of Engr. Ohieku Muhammed Salami as the Pro-chancellor and chairman of the governing council of the Federal University of Health Sciences in Otukpo, Benue State.

The decision followed Salami’s illegal actions, including suspending the Vice-Chancellor without following the prescribed procedures.

Despite the Federal Ministry of Education’s call for the unlawful suspension to be revoked, Engr. Salami refused to comply.

Instead, he resorted to abusive and threatening behaviour towards the Ministry’s Directors, including the Permanent Secretary.

The federal government reiterated that the primary responsibility of university councils was to ensure the smooth operation of university activities in accordance with the act establishing each university.

President Tinubu warned the councils not to create distractions in their universities as his government was focused on improving the country’s education standards.

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Mrs Jessica Osahon, spouse to the journalist, confirmed his freedom in a telephone chat on Saturday and said that her husband was on his way to reunite with the family in Benin City, the Edo State capital.

She explained that her husband had spoken with her and just left the Police Division, Ughelli after being debriefed.

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers had on Sunday abducted Osahon alongside other passengers in transit to Ughelli, Delta and demanded a ransom of N5 million from him.

It could not be immediately ascertained if any ransom was paid to secure Osahon’s release.

Osahon, and the other passengers were ambushed at Evwreni Community axis on the East-West Road, near Patani.

The kidnappers reportedly got angry at the media spotlight that followed Osahon’s abduction and jerked up the ransom from N5 million to N50 million.

Commercial bus operated by Sunny Eru Motors has been recovered and kept at the company’s terminal in Yenagoa with bullet holes all over the body.

The Federated Correspondents’ Chapel, FCC, of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ,  Bayelsa Council, had condemned the abduction of the newsman and other Nigerians who were going about their legitimate businesses.

The FCC had in a statement signed Messrs Chris Eze and Bassey Willie, chairman and secretary respectively, called on security agencies to effect the unconditional release of the journalist and others abducted with him.

“The chapel wondered why gunmen would attack one who is only discharging his responsibility as a journalist.

“The chapel urges the security agents both in Bayelsa and Delta States to collaborate and ensure that Osahon and all those abducted in the ill-fated bus are rescued unhurt.

“The Federal and State Governments should ensure that there is adequate security on our highways, especially the Bayelsa and Delta axes of the East-West Road.

“The security situation in our nation is becoming worrisome on a daily basis, innocent citizens are being killed, kidnapped and their valuables carted away by criminals, that is why we call on government to discharge its responsibility of protecting citizens’ lives and property optimally.

“Journalists are not wealthy men in the society but just doing their duties to contribute to the growth and development of the nation, that is why we wonder where Mr Osahon will get N5 million demanded by the kidnappers to regain his freedom, ” FCC stated.

Source: NAN

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