Former INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega appointed Pro-Chancellor of Kano varsity

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Former INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega appointed Pro-Chancellor of Kano varsity

Story from Saleh INUWA, Kano

The Kano State Executive Council has appointed the former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, as the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of the Governing Council of the state-owned Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kumbotso. The council also appointed Oba Dr Moshood Aliwo as the Chancellor of the university.

The state’s Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, announced the appointments after the State’s Executive Council meeting. He explained that the institution had been recognized by the National Universities Commission as the 61st state university and the 222nd university in the Nigerian university system.

Garba said the appointments were in accordance with Part III Section 22 of the Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education Kumbotso Law. “Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the second schedule of the law provide that the visitor, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, shall appoint the Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of the council, and external members of the council.”

He said the appointment of the Pro-Chancellor and external council members would be for four years, renewable for a second and final tenure of another four years. Garba noted that Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the visitor, had also approved the appointment of principal officers.

The appointed officers included Prof. Isa Yahaya Bunkure as the Provost of Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso, and Vice Chancellor of Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education. The other appointed officers are Dr Kabiru Ahmad Gwarzo as Deputy Provost (Academics) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Dr Miswaru Bello as Deputy Provost (Administration) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Saminu Bello Zubairu as Registrar, Kumbotso, Ibrahim Muhammad Yahaya as Bursar, and Mabruka Abubakar Abba as College Librarian.

The appointment of the Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Bursar, and Librarian will be for five years, while the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) will have a tenure of two years each.

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