This was disclosed by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.
The minister further disclosed that President Buhari also approved the appointment and reassignment of Chancellors to 42 Federal Universities in the country.
It was gathered that two former Ministers, Prof Anthony Anwuka and Udoma Udo Udoma, were also appointed Chairmen of Governing Councils.
While Anwuka is to Chair the Council of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State, Udoma will Chair the Council of Bayero University, Kano.
Both Udoma and Anwuka served as ministers during the first term of President Buhari between 2015 to 2019.
Other Chairmen of Councils include Prof Ahmed Mohammed Modibbo, University Of Abuja; Malam Adamu Fika, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria; Dr. Sonny Kuku, University Of Benin; Chief Ikechi Emenike, University Of Nigeria; Nsukka and Ballama Manu, University Of Maiduguri.
