Emmanuel Osodeke Elected As The New ASUU President

Emmanuel Osodeke

Mr Emmanuel Osodeke, the immediate past vice-president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), is now the new President of the union.

 Mr Osodeke, a professor of soil science at the Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, was elected early Sunday morning during a three-day conference of the union which held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.

He took over from Biodun OG0nyemi, a professor of education at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, OG0n State.

Other members of the union, who were elected alongside Mr Osodeke, include Chris Piwuna of the University of Jos as vice president; Olusiji Sowande of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), OG0n State, as treasurer while Ade Adejumo, a professor from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, was elected as financial secretary.

Also, a lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Austen Sado, was elected as investment secretary; Adamu Babayo from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, was elected the union’s internal auditor while Stella-Maris Oke from Cross Rivers State University of Science and Technology, was elected as the new welfare secretary.

Mr OG0nyemi will continue to serve in the new executive committee as an ex-officio, apparently to guide the new leadership.