Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has appointed Prof. Malami Tambuwal as the first vice chancellor of the newly established Shehu Shagari University of Education, Sokoto.
Prof. Tambuwal, an educationist of repute was a Registrar of the defunct College of Education now upgraded to a varsity.
Prior to his appointment he was a Dean in the Faculty of Education at the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUS).
He hails from Tambuwal town in Tambuwal local government area of Sokoto state.
Also appointed by the governor are Professor Muhammad Mode, vice chancellor (Academic); Prof. Nasiru Gatawa, vice chancellor (Administration). Both were also former staff of Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUS).
While Prof. Mode headed UDUS Department of the Modern and European Languages, Prof. Gatawa worked at the Economics Department of the university where he rose through the ranks from the position of Graduate Assistant to that of a Professor.
While Mode hails from Sokoto North local government, Gatawa hails from Gatawa in Sabon Birni local government area.
Others appointed are Amina Garba, Registrar and Sulaiman Dikko as the University Librarian.
Garba who had her stint at UDUS as an Assistant Registrar and Deputy Registrar, was the immediate past Registrar of Sokoto state University before her appointment.
A member of the prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau state and holder of the national honor award of the Member of the Order of the Niger (MON), she hails from Binji local government area of Sokoto state.
Dikko, an indigene of Sokoto North local government, was until his appointment the Director of the Sokoto state Library. He holds a B.Sc degree in Library and Information Science and is vast in library services and management.
Meanwhile, the Governor has directed that the remaining management positions of the University’s Bursar and Director of Works and Physical Planning should be provided by the state’s ministries of Finance and Works respectively.
