Professor Chris Piwuna has been elected as the new President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The election took place on Sunday during the union’s 23rd National Delegates Congress held in Benin City.
Piwuna, a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, also serves as the Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos.
He takes over from Professor Victor Osodeke, a soil science expert from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, in Abia State.
The presidential race was between Piwuna and Professor Adamu Babayo of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.