The Governing Council of the Ahmadu Bello
University (ABU), Zaria yesterday announced the
selection of Professor Ibrahim Garba as the new
Vice Chancellor of the institution.
Announcing the appointment, chairman of the
Council, Arc Muhammad Dewu, said Professor
Garba emerged the new VC after what he called
rigorous and transparent selection process.
According to him, following a two-day interview
conducted by a panel set up by the council,
Professor Garba emerged the first out of the 24
professors that contested the top job of ABU.
The new VC would take over the affairs of the
university in April this year when the tenure of
the incumbent VC, Professor Abdullahi Mustapha,
would come to an end.
Born on February 25, 1957 in Riruwai, Doguwa
local government area of Kano state, Professor
Garba had his first and second degrees at ABU
between 1980 and 1985. He earned his Ph.D at
the University of London in 1993.
Aside the various positions he had held at
federal and states ministries, Professor Garba
has served as the Vice Chancellor of the Kano
State University of Science and Technology,
Wudil. He has also served as head of department
of the ABU’s Department of Geology, among
many other positions.
He has to his credit numerous papers in local
and international journals, apart from other
publications.

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