In a stunning display of presidential power, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has just nuked the entire leadership of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, sending shockwaves through the nation’s academic corridors. With surgical precision, he’s dismantled the university’s entire governing council and booted out key officials in what looks like a high-stakes administrative showdown.
The casualties? Council chair Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe and his entire five-member team, along with the newly appointed vice-chancellor Bernard Odoh and registrar Rosemary Ifoema Nwokike. Their crime? Allegedly playing fast and loose with university appointment rules.
But Tinubu wasn’t done. In a separate surgical strike, he also removed Ohieku Muhammed Salami from another university’s leadership โ this time for allegedly suspending a Vice-Chancellor without proper procedures and then throwing shade at education ministry officials.
“The primary responsibility of university councils is to ensure smooth functioning,” presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga declared, making it crystal clear that Tinubu’s administration is drawing a line in the sand.
The message is unmistakable: Academic leadership in Nigeria is about to get a radical makeover. Universities are on notice that the days of administrative cowboy tactics are over. President Tinubu is watching, and he’s not afraid to swing the axe.
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