Muhammad Zaiyan-Umar appointed VC at FUBK
The governing council of the Federal University, Birnin Kebbi (FUBK) has appointed Muhammad Zaiyan-Umar as the new vice-chancellor (VC) of the institution.
NAN reports that Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth, the chairperson of the council, announced the appointment on Thursday.
Togonu-Bickersteth was briefing journalists after the council’s 25th meeting held in Birnin Kebbi.
“As you may be aware, the tenure of the vice-chancellor ends on December 3, 2022,” she said.
“The governing council at its 25th meeting held from Monday to Thursday approved the appointment of Zaiyan-Umar as the new VC.”
Zaiyan-Umar will take over from Bello Bala-Shehu, the outgoing VC, whose five-year tenure ends on December 3.
Togonu-Bickersteth, who is also the pro-chancellor, said the approval of Zaiyan-Umar as successor followed after an advertisement was put out in the national dailies.
She said the appointment also followed a subsequent interview by the governing council.
Zaiyan-Umar was the immediate past deputy VC at the Sokoto State University.
He is a professor of Political Science at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS).
The academic is currently the chairman of the board of the Centre for Open and Distance Education (CODE) at UDUS.
Zaiyan-Umar was, at various times, the acting head of the department for Political Science.
He was also the deputy dean and dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, as well as the dean of the postgraduate school at UDUS.
The new FUBK VC is a Fulbright Fellow who served at the University of Washington, Seattle in the US between 1988 and 1999.