President Bola Tinubu has appointed Prof Mathew Adamu as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja for a three-month term, effective Monday, August 11, 2025.
The appointment, conveyed in an August 8 letter signed by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Abel Enitan, follows the completion of the tenure of Prof. Patricia Manko Lar, who served in an acting capacity since February.
A distinguished veterinary scholar, Prof. Adamu obtained his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1998 and MSc in 2006 from the University of Maiduguri, before earning a PhD in Veterinary Surgery from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in 2012.