Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has approved the constitution of the Governing Council of the State University of Science and Technology, Aliero.

The appointment was announced in a statement issued in Birnin-Kebbi on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Abubakar Dakingari.

It named Gen. Muhammadu Magoro (Rtd) as Chairman; Prof. Bashir Aliero, Prof. Aisha Haliru, Mr Yakubu Mai-Kyau, Amb. Usman Baraya and Dr Manado Adamu as members.

Others members are: the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bello Malami; Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Hajiya Rafaatu Hammani; Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice, Alhaji Umar Bala; Representatives of the National Universities Commission and four persons to be appointed by the University Senate.

The institution’s chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities(SSANU) had recently issued a two weeks ultimatum to the government to constitute the council.

The statement said the members of the governing council would be inaugurated by the governor on Thursday, March 2, 2017.