The Chief Executive/Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Segun Ajiboye has been removed from office
Ajiboye was re-appointed in 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari for a five-year term.
His tenure was scheduled to end in September 2026.
However, his tenure has been cut short by President BolaTinubu who has appointed Mrs Ronke Soyombo as the new Registrar and Chief Executive of the TRCN.
Soyombo, was until her appointment the Senior Special Adviser on Education, Science and Technology to Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun.
Her appointment was made public last week during a ceremony in Abuja, where the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, presented her with the letter.
According to sources familiar with the development, she resumed duties on Monday, May 19, 2025 at the TRCN headquarters.
Before this new role, Soyombo was in her second term as the governor’s adviser, having been first appointed in 2019.
She also briefly took on the position of Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology in the state, where she simultaneously headed both the Teaching Service Commission and the Universal Basic Education Board in an acting capacity.
With more than three decades of experience in the education sector, Soyombo has worked in both Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
She holds a degree in Chemistry Education from the University of Lagos and a law degree from London Guildhall University.
She also earned a Microsoft certification in 1997.
Soyombo is expected to serve a five-year term in her new position. (vitalnewsngr.com)
