The Federal University Birnin Kebbi approved the promotion of four academic personnel to professor and two to associate professor (reader).
The approval was given by the FUBK governing council led by its pro-chancellor and chairman of the council, Ali Abubakar-Jatau.
In a statement issued on Friday, the institution stated that the promotion came after the council’s meeting on August 12.
“The council, at its 27th meeting held on Monday, August 12, 2024, considered and approved the recommendations of External Assessors as well as that of the Senior Staff Appointment and Promotion Committee (SSAPC) to effect the promotions,” it said.
According to the statement, the newly promoted professors include Abdullahi Garba-Kangiwa (Criminology), Acheoah John-Emike (Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis), Zuni Aminu (Social Geomorphology and Environmental Management), and Murano Muniru (Applied Linguistics).
According to the statement, Garba-Kangiwa is the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, and John-Emike is the former Head of the European Languages Department.
It additionally stated that Aminu is the deputy director of General Studies and the previous head of the Geography Department. Muniru was the first head of the university’s European Languages Department.
The statement also said the associate professors (readers) were Dr Umar Faruk-Mohammed of the Chemistry Department and Ologe Oluwatoyin of the Department of Applied Geophysics.
“The council also approved the promotions of nine academic staff to the rank of senior lecturer, while 17 senior non-teaching staff promoted to various ranks of deputy registrar, deputy director and principal assistant registrars.
“The promotion of professors and readers takes effect from January 2023, while that of senior non-teaching staff is effective from January 2024,” the institution said.