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The Governing Council of Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina State, has approved the appointment of Prof. Mohammed Khalid Othman as substantive vice chancellor of the school.
Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Ali Abubakar Jatau, announced the appointment after the 36th special meeting of the council.
A statement by the FUDMA Director, Information and Protocol, Nasiru Abdul, explained that the appointment followed the submission and consideration of a report of the Joint Council/Senate Selection Board on the appointment of a substantive vice chancellor for the university.
According to the statement, “the emergence of Prof. Othman followed a rigorous selection process involving 17 shortlisted applicants for the position.
“The 17 shortlisted applicants who were invited for the interview participated in a rigorous and transparent selection process after which the selection board submitted the top three performing candidates to the Governing Council to select and approve the appointment of one of them as the vice chancellor.”
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Born on 22nd July, 1962, in Bindawa Local Government Area of Katsina State, the new vice chancellor is an agricultural engineer from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
He attended Bindawa Primary School between 1970 and 1977, Government Secondary School, Funtua, 1977 to 1982, and School of Basic Studies, ABU Zaria, 1982 to 1983.
He was at the Ahmadu Bello University between 1984 and 1988; 1997 and 2001; as well as 2003 and 2007 for his first, second, and third degrees respectively.
Professor Othman has had a distinguished career from an assistant lecturer to professor and held different positions as teacher, researcher, and administrator.
He was at a time Executive Director of the National Agricultural Extension Research and Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University.
