Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello, has approved the appointment of Marietu Tenuche (Prof) as the Vice Chancellor, Kogi State University (KSU), Anyigba now Prince Abubakar Audu University.
Until her appointment, Tenuche, 61 was Dean School of Post Graduate Studies and chairman of the committee of Deans and Directors.
Born on 29th September 1959, Tenuche obtained her West African School Certificate from Government Girls Secondary School Yola in 1976 and a University of Cambridge G.C.E. Advanced Level Certificate from the School of Basic Studies, Kwara State College of Technology now Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin in 1978.
She obtained a B.Sc Political Science degree(2nd Class Upper), from the Ahmadu Bello University in 1981, an M.Sc. (Pol. Science and later a PhD Political Science degree in 2001. Between 1982 and 1992 she was engaged as a lecturer at the Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin.
She joined the services of the Kogi State University, Anyigba (KSU) at the inception of the university in 2000 as Lecturer 1 and rose to become a Professor of Political Science in 2011.
Her area of research interest is political economy and gender issues. She served as the acting Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences KSU between 2001 and 2006.
She was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) KSU first from 2004 -2006 and again from 2008 to 2011. She was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) KSU in 2011 and successfully completed her tenure in 2013.
Professor Tenuche was a delegate to the 2014 National Conference where she represented the North Central Geo-Political Zone.