Minister-designate Bosun Tijani announces appointment as visiting professor at S’African varsity

Bosun Tijani, one of President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial picks, has announced that his application as a visiting adjunct professor at the University of the Witwatersrand has been approved.

The University of the Witwatersrand is a multi-campus South African public research institution situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg.

“The committee approved your application as Visiting Adjunct Professor: Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, with effect from 1 September 2023 for a period of 3 years until 31 August 2026,” Tijani disclosed in a tweet on Friday.

A visiting professor is one who is invited to teach at a college or university for a short period, usually one term.

Tijani, CEO and co-founder of CcHub, appeared before the senate for screening as a minister last Saturday.

The session was keenly followed, as senators grilled the nominee on his past tweets which were deemed disparaging and contemptuous of the Nigerian state and passport, and the senate as an institution.

The techpreneur would go on to apologise profusely to the senators for describing them as “morons” in 2021.

“Distinguished senators, I was raised properly as a Yoruba boy both in Agege and Abeokuta. I do understand that we are not meant to disrespect our elders and that is not the training we were given,” he said.

“My father won’t be proud of me for all these allegations.

“So I want to profusely apologise to everyone in this hall, including anyone, anywhere in Nigeria that may have been offended by everything I said.”

Tijani was among 45 of the president’s 48 ministerial nominees cleared and confirmed by the senate this week.