President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Professor Mathew Adamu as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Yakubu Gowon University (formerly known as University of Abuja).

The Acting Vice-Chancellor will serve for a period of three months, effective Monday 11 August 2025.

The appointment was announced in a letter seen by The Guardian and personally signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Abel Enitan.

With reference number FME/HE/CU/50/12/97, the letter was dated August 8, 2025, titled ‘Appointment as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja ‘.

Prof. Adamu takes over from Professor Patricia Manko Lar, who was appointed for a six-month tenure in acting capacity in February 2025.

The letter reads in part: “I am pleased to inform you that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency. Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, has graciously approved your appointment as the Acting Vice-Vhancellor of Yakubu Gowon University, Abuia.

“The appointment is for a period of three (3) months with effect from Monday 11 August. 2025”.

The Permanent Secretary specifically charged the Acting Vice-Chancellor to support the Governing Council to effectively conclude the ongoing process for the appointment of a substantive V-C in line with the relevant statutory provisions and extant guidelines.

Until his appointment, Adamu was from the Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi.
He is a fellow of the College of Veterinary Surgeons of Nigeria and member of the Knight of St. Mulumba (KSM),
With this appointment, the Don becomes the second Acting Vice-Chancellor appointed by the Federal Government since Prof Aisha Maikudi was sacked in February this year.