Nigeria: ASUU Elects New President

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Nigeria: ASUU Elects New President

[Premium Times] Mr Osodeke, a professor of soil science at the Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, was elected early Sunday morning during a three-day conference of the union which held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.

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