The Governing Council of Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil, has promoted 17 academic staffs to the rank of professors and associate professors.
A statement issued on Friday by Abdullahi Datti, the University’s Deputy Registrar/Deputy Head of Information and Public Relations, revealed that the approval of the promotion was given during the 50th meeting of the Governing Council of the university.
It noted that the promotion followed the external assessments of the affected members of staff.
Datti said that the assessment report indicated that six of them were assessed as professors, while 11 others were moved to the rank as associate professors.
According to him, those promoted as professors are Nuruddeen Umar; Olu Adeshola; Alhassan Musa; Sani Muhammad; Abubakar Musa; and Ado Bichi.
Datti listed those promoted as associate professors to include Sa’ad Muhammad; Maitama Abubakar; Umar Ibrahim; Sanusi Yakubu and Hassan Jamo.
Others were Muhammad Alhaji; Nuruddeen Muhammad; Ado Abdu; Murtala Dambatta; Mahdi Lawan and Abdullahi Dawakin-Kudu.
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