Opinions on Professor Chinwe Veronica Anunobi’s tenure extension, which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu granted her, have been divided. Anunobi is the head of Nigeria’s National Library.
Let us not forget that President Tinubu has just granted Anunobi one more five-year term in office. Stakeholders have responded in varying degrees to the decision. Some stakeholders were in favour of President Tinubu extending Anunobi’s mandate, while others were opposed.
This development will ensure “continuity in the implementation of ongoing reforms, the completion of the National Library Headquarters project, and the realisation of the institution’s 2025–2030 Strategic Plan,” stated Shehu Mustapha, National Coordinator of the Coalition of Young Nigerian Librarians, in a statement released on Saturday.
Prof. Anunobi has been a prominent figure in Nigerian academic institutions since her initial appointment in 2021, when she oversaw “the development and operationalisation of the National Repository of Nigeria, the Newspaper and Magazine Locator, the Index and Abstract to Nigerian Newspapers, and the National Virtual Library of Nigeria,” among other reforms, according to Mustapha.
He urged the country’s literary and educational communities to unite around a single vision.