The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities (CPC) has appointed Emeritus Prof. Nimi Briggs, who is the Pro-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, as the new CPC Chairman.

The appointment was disclosed in a statement signed by Prof. Yakubu Ochefu Secretary-General, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU), and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, after a meeting with its members on Sept. 20.

Ochefu said that Briggs would take over from Prof. Munzali Jubril, Pro-Chancellor of Federal University, Lafia, who had been the Chairman since 2017.

He added that his appointment was for a term of four years.

He said that at the meeting, Alh. Bashir Dalhatu was also appointed the Deputy Chairman of the committee.

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According to him, Alhaji Dalhatu is the current Chairman of Council and Pro-Chancellor of Moddibo Adama University, Yola.

He, therefore, wished the two leaders of the committee success as they take over the mantle of leadership.