President Bola Tinubu has appointed veteran Nollywood filmmaker, Mr. Alex Eyengho as chairman of.Governing Council of the Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Eyengho was announced alongside other 554 appointees in the reconstituted list of Governing Councils of Federal government owned universities, Polytechnic and Colleges of Education.
Speaking on the appointment in a chat, Eyengho said: “I feel highly elated. For me, this appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a recognition of the value I added before, during, and after the electioneering which led ultimately to his victory in February 2023 and swearing-in ceremony on May 29, 2023 as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I thank President Tinubu for this recognition and for not allowing me to labour in vain.
“Apart from this appointment being a reward for steadfastly working for the party (APC) as a foundation member since 2014, this is a call to the service of our sovereign motherland. Therefore, it is for me to put to use the knowledge and experiences I have gained over the decades primarily for the good of the Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Ogun State, and the Nigerian education sector generally. On my honour, as Chairman of the Governing Council, of course, together with other members of the Council, I shall work within the extant laws guiding our operations, for the common good of all stakeholders in the value-chain.”
Among several other certificates, Alex Eyengho, who believes in continuos learning, holds a masters (MSc) degree in Media and Communication from the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, MBA from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, and just rounded off another MSc in Film Production, also from the Pan-Atlantic University.
Though a major player and leader in Nollywood, he is also a politician, where he always insists that he is “a professional in politics and not a professional politician.” Part of the historical trajectory of his political life has seen him as the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate for the Warri South-West Constituency seat in the Delta State House of Assembly during the 2011 elections. Thereafter, he was Secretary of the ACN Media and Publicity Committee until 2014, when APC birthed via merger of ACN, CPC, ANPP (the Legacy Parties) and factions of APGA, DPP etc. He was at the merger convention in Lagos.
In the 2019 general elections, he was the APC candidate for the Warri Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives. He was a member of the Appeals Committee for the APC National Covention that brought in the current NWC of the party. Governor Hope Uzodinma was Chairman of the said Committee. He was the Secretary of the Delta State LOC, coordinating the Delta Delegates for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the APC Presidential primaries, which Tinubu won with wide merging.
Eyengho was a member of the 2022/2023 Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, where he served as a member of the Media and Publicity Directorate. Mr. Bayo Onanugu was Chairman of the said Directorate. He was also a member of the 2022/2023 Delta State APC Gubernatorial Campaign Council, where he functioned as Deputy Director of the Media and Publicity Directorate. Mr. Ima Niboro was the Director of the said Directorate.
