Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has constituted a 17-man advisory committee on the upgrade of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Sokoto to a full-fledged University of Education.
The committee, which would be inaugurated at a later date by the governor, is headed by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) of the Sokoto State University, Prof. Muhammad Zayyanu.
Members of the committee are five professors from Usman Danfodiyo University (UDUS), Sokoto: Professors. A. A. Bagudo, Abubakar Umar Dikko, Malami Umar Tambuwal, Nasiru Gatawa and Mansur Ibrahim (Mni).
Others are: Dr Mansur Isa Buhari, Mal. Abubakar Usman, Mallam Muhammad Kakale Jabo and Rilwan Muhammad of the UDUS Management Information System (MIS) and Mal. Sani Sahabi Bodinga from Sokoto State University.
Others include: Prof. Aminu Abubakar, the Provost of Sokoto State College of Agriculture, Wurno; Dr. Muhammad Wadata Hakimi, the Provost of the SSCOE and Pharmacist Abdulmustapa Othman Ali, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education.
The remaining members are: Dr Amamatu Yusuf, Dr Nasiru Daniya and Kabir Umar Imam, who will serve as Secretary to the committee.
The formal upgrade of the College followed the resolution of the last State Executive Council meeting presided over by the governor.
Governor Tambuwal proclaimed the College a varsity on 28th December, 2020 and retained the name of the late former President Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (GCFR), during its celebration of Golden Jubilee anniversary and produced quality middle cadre education manpower as well as being affiliated to the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria for several years.
The desideratum of elevating the institution’s status, the state executive council reasoned, was to “address the shortage of professional manpower in our Basic and Post-Basic education sectors especially with planned establishment of Girls Science Junior and Secondary Schools in the state.”
Subsequently, the council “approved the upgrading of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Shehu Shagari University of Education, Sokoto,” and the “constitution of an implementation committee for the university.”
