The federal government has appointed 42 royal fathers as Chancellors to Federal Universities across the country for effective service delivery and national development.

The Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu, said during a pres briefing in Abuja that the monarchs were appointed from their kingdoms and primary constituencies to other kingdoms in a bid to enhance national unity.

The appointments of the chancellors, according to him, were as follows: the University of Ibadan, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III; the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde and the Federal University Kashere, Gombe State, Igwe Ambassador Lawrence Agubuzu.

Others are for the University of Benin, Tor Tiv, Professor James Ayatse; the University of Calabar, Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero while the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, was the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar.

The minister of Education added that the chancellors shall be presented to the university community at an investiture ceremony to be organised by the various universities.

Source: This Day