Plateau Varsity, Polytechnic Get New VC, Rector

Al-Muhibbah Open University begins academic session with 14 courses

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has appointed a former Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Shedrack Best, as the new Vice Chancellor of the state university in the Bokkos.

The Governor also approved the appointment of Dr. Clement Chirman as the new Rector of the state polytechnic.

This was just as the management of Al-Muhibbah Open University, announced the commencement of academic programmes by the institution for the 2023/ 2024 session.

The appointments by Mutfwang, which came a day after their immediate predecessors were sacked, were contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Samuel Jatau.

It noted that the governor also appointed three new heads for other state-owned tertiary institutions.

The statement reads: “His Excellency, the Executive Governor

Caleb Mutfwang has approved the appointment of the following heads of tertiary institutions in the state. They are Professor Shedrack Best, Vice Chancellor, Plateau State University, Bokkos; Dr. Clement Chirman, Rector, Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi; Associate Professor Lazarus Maigoro, Provost, College of Education, Gindiri; Dr. Jonathan Bulus, Provost, College of Health Technology, Zawan; and Dr. Markus Avong, Provost, College of Health Technology, Pankshin.”

Urging the new appointees to swing into action by looking into the relationship between the management and staff as well as the sources of income and expenditure of the schools to reposition them for effective service delivery, the statement added that all the appointments were with immediate effect.

The governor had, the previous day sacked the former VC of the University, Professor Bernard Matur, and heads of other state-own institutions. The governor also approved the dissolution of the Governing Council of the university with immediate effect.