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Malam Sulaiman Ilu Ahmad is a veteran financial and management professional with over 40 years of experience across public and private sectors in Nigeria. A 1977 graduate of B.Sc. Business Administration (Actuarial Science) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, he also trained at the Irish Management Institute in Dublin, South West London College, and the London…
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Alhaji Ahmed Rufai Mohammed, born on 31 December 1951 in Kano, is a distinguished administrator, investment executive, and corporate governance leader with over four decades of service in Nigeria’s public and private sectors. He received his early education in Kano before earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration (Second Class Lower) from Abdullahi…
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Professor Aliyu Mu’azu is a distinguished scholar of Nigerian Languages at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), with over two decades of academic and administrative experience. He obtained his PhD in Hausa Studies in 2017 and his Master’s degree in 1997 from Bayero University. He also holds a Certificate in Higher Education Administration from China, further strengthening…
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Associate Professor Amina Lawan Mustapha is an accomplished Agricultural Economist with over two decades of teaching, research, and community engagement at Bayero University Kano. She holds both MSc and PhD degrees in Agricultural Economics and has developed extensive expertise in impact assessment, socio-economic research, gender analysis, and livelihood studies, particularly within Nigeria and the wider…
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His Excellency Professor Hafiz Abubakar is a distinguished academic, administrator, and public servant with over three decades of experience in higher education, research, and governance. A Professor of Food Science and Nutritional Biochemistry (recently retired), he served as Deputy Governor of Kano State (2015–2018) and previously as Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) at Bayero University, Kano…
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Kabir Mustapha Umar is a Nigerian biotechnology scholar, research leader, and academic administrator with over nineteen years of experience in molecular biology, environmental biotechnology, and sustainable agricultural systems. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University Kano, where he also serves in research leadership roles supporting innovation, postgraduate training, and…
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Mrs. Karima Ibrahim Babangida is an accomplished Agronomist and senior public sector leader with extensive experience in agricultural policy, programme development, and institutional reform in Nigeria. She retired in January 2022 as Director of the Federal Department of Agriculture in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, becoming the first female to head the…
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Biodata of Sanusi Gaya Mohammed, Ph.D. Professor of Plant Genetics & Breeding Director, Centre for Dryland Agriculture, Bayero University Kano Other Certified Short Courses he attended for Capacity Building Involvement in Research & Development Activities Sanusi has more than two decades of substantial experience in teaching and research focused on innovative and improved crop varieties,…
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