The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities has elected the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof Lilian Salami as its chairman.

Prof Salami becomes the second female to occupy the position.

A communiqué signed by the Secretary General of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCN), Yakubu Ochefu said Prof Salami was unanimously elected.

The communiqué reads: “In a virtual/physical meeting held at its secretariat in Abuja, the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigeria Federal Universities unanimously elected the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Lilian Imuetinyan Salami as its Chairman.

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“The Vice- Chancellor of Bayero University Kano, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas was elected as the Alternate Chairman.

“Until her election, Professor Salami was the Alternate Chairman to Professor Sulyman A Abdulkareem who will be completing his tenure as the Vice- Chancellor, University of Ilorin on the 15th, October, 2022.

“By her election, she becomes the second female Vice-Chancellor to head the Committee of Vice- Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities.

“The Secretariat wishes the two members of the Executive Board of the Committee success as they take over the mantle of leadership.”