The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has elected Professor Chris Piwuna as its new National President.
Professor Piwuna, a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital and Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos, succeeds Professor Victor Osodeke, a soil science expert from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State.
His emergence as the union’s 14th president followed a closely contested election during ASUU’s 23rd National Delegates Congress held in Benin City, Edo State, on Sunday.
Piwuna defeated Professor Adamu Babayo of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, to clinch the top position.
The transition marks a new chapter for the union, which has played a central role in advocating for improved funding, academic freedom, and better working conditions in Nigerian universities.