THE Governing Council of the
University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) at
the weekend ratified the
appointments of Professors Samuel
E. Kakulu and Mohammed Gidado
Tahir as deputy vice-chancellors for the institution. They replaced Dr.
Florence Chimezie Nwinyi and Dr.
Muktar Mohammed Adamu, who just
served one term. Until his election, Kakulu, who would
be 58 on August 30, a professor of
Analytical Chemistry, was the
director of Academic Planning Unit
of the university. He hails from Edo
State. He attended the University of Ibadan crowning it with a PhD in
Analytical Chemistry in 1985. Tahir, the pioneer executive
secretary of the National
Commission for Nomadic Education
(NCNE) and Universal Basic
Education Commission (UBEC) joined
the services of UNIABUJA in 2008. He began his academic career at the
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU),
Zaria as a graduate assistant in 1975.
He transferred his services to the
then University of Sokoto, now
Usumanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto as lecturer one in 1982, rising
to become a professor of Adult and
Higher Education in 1992. He graduated from ABU in 1974
where he has Bachelor of Arts in
Education. He followed it up with
Masters of Science Education and
PhD in Education from Indiana
University in the United States between 1978 and 1981 respectively.
He was a deputy and later provost of
the Federal College of Education,
Yola between 1987-1994. He became
the HOD, Educational Management
of UNIABUJA in 2008.