Prof. Mohammed Othman has been appointed as the substantive vice Chancellor of the University, according to the Governing Council of Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina State.
Ali Jatau, the Governing Council’s president, made the announcement shortly after the 36th Special Meeting held at the Grand Amber Hotel and Suites in Dutse, Jigawa State.
Following the Joint Council/Senate Selection Board’s review of the appointment of a substantive VC for the university, the appointment was made after the report was submitted and taken into consideration.
The chairman claims that the selection of Prof. Othman came after a rigorous selection process that included 17 short-selected candidates for the position.
He claimed that the Search Team had identified three more candidates after the search team received 28 applications for the vacant position at the time the applications were received.
The Governing Council selected and approved the appointment of one of the 17 shortlisted applicants as vice Chancellor after the rigorous and transparent selection process that the group took part in, he said.
The new vice-chancellor, who was born on July 22, 1962, is an Ahmadu Bello Zaria alumnus and was born in the Bindawa Local Government Area of Katsina State.
He attended ABU Zaria from 1982 to 1983, Government Secondary School in Funtua from 1970 to 1977, and Bindawa Primary School from 1970 to 1977.
He earned his first, second, and third degrees at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, between 1984 and 1988, 1997 and 2001, and, respectively, between 2003 and 2007.
Prof. Othman has worked in various capacities as a teacher, researcher, and administrator, from an assistant professor to professor to professor.
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He served as the Senate representative for the National Agricultural Extension Research and Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and for one time served as the executive director of the organization.
Source: Channels TV
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