By Sumayyah Auwal Ishaq
The Governing Council of the Kaduna State University, led by Mallam Hussaini Dikko, has approved the appointment of 6 senior academics to the rank of Professors and seven others to Associate Professors, respectively.
According to a statement by the university’s public relations officer, Mr Adamu Nuhu Bargo, those promoted are; Dr Matoh D. Dogara (Professor of Geophysics), Dr Gaius Jatau (Professor of Economic and Social History), Dr Peter Ayuba (Professor of Applied & Computational Mathematics), Dr Fu’ad Sirate Sheriff (Professor Arabic Language), Dr Tukur Abdulkadir (Professor of International Relations & Strategic Studies), and Dr Nasir Murtala Ibrahim (Professor of Arabic Literature)
Those promoted to the rank of Associate Professors are Dr Binta Kasim (Associate Professor in the Department of Mass Communication), Dr Bashir Kayode Sodipo (Associate Professor in the Department of Physics), Dr Ahmed Buba (Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science), Dr Aliyu Isa Suleiman (Associate Professor in the Department of Nigerian Languages and Linguistics), Dr Patrick Noah Okolo (Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences), Dr Ahmed Bello (Associate Professor in the Department of Education) and Dr Ahmed Shehu( Associate Professor in the Department of Nigerian Languages and Linguistics).