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From ABU to China The Story of 3+2 Joint Bachelor's Degree in Railway & Transportation Engineering

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ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 2 PROLOGUE Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

here are moments when the frequency and magnitude of events can PRINCIPAL OFFICERS overwhelm the perceptions of many an onlooker so much that a lot of OF THE UNIVERSITY happenings may go unnoticed and, therefore, undocumented. This is T Professor Ibrahim Garba exactly the kind of situation we have found ourselves in the University from Vice-Chancellor the last edition of ABU News till date. Many activities took place in fast and spiral manner that translated into a bountiful yield by the Vice-Chancellor's Professor Kabir Bala untiring commitments to connect the University with industry and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration collaborate with high-profile institutions across the globe. Not just for visibility sake; but also for the purpose of testing and showcasing the ABU Professor Ezra Bako Amans brand of academics and students as well. This is summarized by our cover Deputy Vice-Chancellor, story on the unprecedented joint degree in railway and transportation Academics engineering programme. Dubbed 3+2 (three years in ABU plus two years in Abdullahi Ahmed Kundila Central South University, Changsha), the programme has not been free of Registrar the seemingly obvious positive and negative accompaniments of Mal. Yahaya Alhaji Hassan everything ABU! The story tells how and why ABU engineering Bursar programme satisfied the fastidious Chinese standard for the intellectual engagement; it answers the who is who components of the students that Professor Umar Ibrahim qualified after the Chinese university rigorous selection exercise - and there University Librarian are related issues that give our cover story its status. A steady outing by the combination of ABU students that represented Nigeria last year at the global ABU News is edited and published ENACTUS competition has enacted the ABU passionate brand again! They by the Public Affairs Directorate, Office of the Vice Chancellor, qualified, once more, to represent the country on a world stage at the Silicon Ground Floor, Senate Building, Valley, United States. Consequent upon these two major stories, a barrage of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria endorsements followed: the PTDF accepts the ABU Chinese class as a Email: [email protected] [email protected] model for prospective students it would henceforth sponsor to China, well- [email protected] wishers, particularly Alumni, including the SGF Boss Mustapha and corporate organisations made huge contributions to facilitate the ABU Printed by: Ahmadu Bello University Press Ltd., Team trip to Silicon Valley. These, plus inaugural lectures and a couple of P.M.B. 1094, Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria. Tel: 08065949711 departmental golden jubilee ceremonial conferences constitute the pages of Website: www.abupress.org this edition of ABU News. Happy reading! email: [email protected]

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ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 3 COVER Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Story of 3+2 Joint Bachelor's Degree in Railway and Transportation Engineering

Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibrahim Garba (centre) in a group photograph with the 45 students now in China Continued from page 4 It all started in 2017 when ABU was picked out of seven Nigerian universities to begin as a pilot joint degree programme dubbed ‘3+2’ in railway and transportation engineering with China Central South E n g i n e e r i n g C o n s t r u c t i o n Bello University, Zaria as well as engineering in the university system in Nigeria; and it has evolved to University (CSU), Changsha, where China's railway technology was invented. The essence is to Corporation (CCECC) and China joint business ventures, including Ambassador to Nigeria Zhon Ping commercial development of reach a level where there are so produce sufficient indigenous engineers who will continue to build and sustain railway infrastructure Jian all in Abuja last July, to express many programmes because of the in Nigeria and beyond, as captured in this report. properties on ABU land, and deep gratitude for their support in collaborative research project to demand in the industry. facilitating and sponsoring this all And in this regard, Civil ll the 45 300-Level students (CCECC) and the other 15 are by two institutions, 300-Level students support CCECC construction important and milestone project. activities in Nigeria. Engineering came to light, as of Ahmadu Bello University CSU. from ABU with CGPA of not below A t C C E C C , t h e Vi c e - CCECC is building Nigeria's f l o w n t o C h i n a i n Of the 45 students, 30 are from the range of second class upper after On its part to strengthen the A Chancellor was particularly cooperation, ABU was to design a railway infrastructure, following September this year for the joint Department of Civil Engineering a selection interview will be given appreciative of the support of the the collapse in the last 50 years of Bachelor's degree programmes in and 15 from Department of admission to go to CSU to complete degree programme in railway mega international construction engineering and other related Nigerian railway. The company, out engineering at Central South Mechanical Engineering. They are the remaining two years to earn the of its own thinking, contacted the University (CSU), Changsha have firm for facilitation of the joint courses and initiate a process to expected to specialize in railway e n g i n e e r i n g d e g r e e . T h e degree programme in railway Federal Ministry of Works and already settled and are currently engineering and other related programme is to last for a period of establish a school of transportation Transport and advised that it is good pursuing their studies as scheduled. engineering and other related out of the Faculty of Engineering in courses in Central South University, five consecutive years, 3 in ABU, 2 courses, renovation of Chinese for Nigeria to start to grow its own Similarly, 13 academic staff especially in civil engineering, in CSU. the next academic session. railway and transport engineers. from Faculty of Engineering, who Language laboratory, construction It was also to begin intensive t r a ff i c a n d t r a n s p o r t a t i o n ABU’s collaboration with of Chinese Garden, and plan for the left along with the students for engineering as well as railway China Central South University, to Chinese language training program CCECC's Profile various doctoral programmes at the establishment of African Institute in for 45 scholarship beneficiaries for C h i n a C i v i l E n g i n e e r i n g equipment and control engineering. run the joint Bachelor's degree Nigeria. Chinese university, have also begun programme in engineering was the joint degree and commencement C o n s t r u c t i o n C o r p o r a t i o n studies. Of the 45 students, 30 are Professor Garba went further to of the Chinese language programme (CCECC) is an offshoot of China MoU on the programme blown open when the Vice- solicit CCECC's cooperation sponsored for the programmes by Those to qualify for the program, Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim in Ahmadu Bello University to Railway Construction (CRCC), one towards establishment of a transport C h i n a C i v i l E n g i n e e r i n g according to a memorandum of Garba, visited the corporate prepare ABU graduates for of the most powerful and largest C o n s t r u c t i o n C o r p o r a t i o n understanding (MoU) signed by the headquarters of China Civil school and strengthening of employment market. integrated construction groups engineering programs in Ahmadu ABU has the oldest school of worldwide. Continued on page 5 Continued on page 6 4 ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 5 COVER Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 5 Story of 3+2 Joint Bachelor's Degree in Railway and Transportation Engineering

As one of China's pioneering South University, Changsha, Nigeria, the institution is one of the companies to perform international China started in 1903 from one greatest universities in the sub- c o n t r a c t i n g a n d e c o n o m i c thousand years old Yuelu Saharan Africa. cooperation, CCECC has evolved Academy. At present, the university has 13 from the earlier Foreign Aid ?Medical programs began in 1906 faculties, 12 specialized institutes Department of the Ministry of from Yale-in-China a n d c e n t e r s , a s c h o o l o f Railway of China into a large-scale ?Powder Metallurgy, first postgraduate studies and 98 state-owned enterprise with established by Professor Huang academic departments. In addition, Chinese National Super Grade Peiyun, PhD from MIT in 1945 it has a division of agricultural Q u a l i f i c a t i o n f o r p r o j e c t ?China's first A-bomb started from colleges, a school of basic and contracting. CCECC has been listed the university remedial studies, a secondary among the world's top 100 ?China's first rocket started from school, and a primary school. This is international contractors for 17 the university besides offering extensive and consecutive years by Engineering ?China's first submarine consultancy services. News Record (ENR). Ever since the ?China's first man-in-orbit ? Departure to China 1960s when CCECC contracted the China's first Jumbo Jet C-919 ? In a farewell reception for the largest foreign aid project – Chlaydia Trachomatis Agent was cultured in the yolk sacks of eggs students before departure, the Vice- Ta n z a n i a - Z a m b i a R a i l w a y Chancellor, who dispelled (TAZARA), CCECC's business by Professor Tang Fei-fan et al in 1957 insinuations that the students were activities have spread to over 60 ? children of ministers and top countries and regions in Asia, China's first born embryo transfer test-tube baby on April 24, 2016 g o v e r n m e n t f u n c t i o n a r i e s , Africa, America, Europe and ?China's first gene cloned for explained that there was no Oceania. nervous deafness by Professor discrimination in the selection of the CCECC Nigeria Limited, with Xia Jiahuii in 1999 students as all of them were chosen its headquarters situated along ?Carrying out entire aerodynamic based on merit. Airport Road in Abuja, is a study for each type of train, The Vice-Chancellor urged subsidiary of CCECC in Nigeria. including high speed ones them to be good ambassadors of the Since the company started operation ?Awarded first prize of National University in particular and Nigeria in Nigeria in 1981, CCECC Nigeria Science and Technology Progress in general while they stay in China Limited has developed into the Awards for 5 times since 2000 by being law-abiding at all the time. biggest construction company in ?School Motto: Learning through “Be of good conduct there; China is West Africa. practice, serving human society a country governed by law and In the last three decades, with solid knowledge order; and it is not part of our MoU CCECC Nigeria Limited has ?School Sprit: For goodness & with China for you to break law and undertaken numerous key projects Trust, For Beauty & Toleration. order,” he said. covering railways, highways, In his opening remarks, bridges, buildings, water works and Why ABU? Director, Directorate of University municipal works in different The Engineering Programme of Advancement, Professor Adamu regions of the country. While Ahmed gave an insight into the achieving its own development ABU is not only the first and best, but also the most solid and program, saying ABU was picked plan, the company is strongly out of seven universities sampled to diversified in its contest and committed to the fulfillment of its select for the programme. Professor corporate social responsibilities and performances pedagogy, which was Ahmed said ABU was selected d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e h o s t a t t e s t e d b y t h e s t u d e n t s based on the strength of its communities. performances during their engineering programmes and long Currently, CCECC Nigeria encounters with the Chinese team. history of its engineering school Limited employs a total number of Ahmadu Bello University, which was established in 1950s. 10,000 local staff and owns more which has a good complement of Also speaking, Director, than 7,000 sets of equipment with an international students and staff, has Directorate of Academic Planning estimated value of five hundred its own peculiar characteristics. The and Monitoring, Professor million ($500,000,000) US dollars. university is widely regarded as the Muhammad Faguji Ishaku, Its business activities presently most cosmopolitan tertiary explained that the 3+2 joint degree cover 28 states and the company is institution in Nigeria, both in terms programme was conceived out of working assiduously to extend to all of staff and student profiles. It has “our national needs”, saying that the the 36 states of the federation. been established that every local essence was to ensure that ABU government in Nigeria has students students became versatile in About Central South University, in the institution just as all states of transport and railway engineering Changsha, China the federation have a representative upon their return from China after ?Engineering studies at Central in its staff profile. And beyond the programme. Continued on page 7 ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 6 COVER Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 6 List of students pursuing the programme S/N Reg. No. Name Date of Birth State GPA 1 U14ME1006 TIJJANI, Muhammad Zahradeen 08-12-1996 4.26 2 U14ME1011 YAH UZA, Faisal 09-11-1997 Kaduna 3.97 3 U14ME1012 TAJUDEEN, Hussein Tayo 18-04-1995 Kwara 4.45 4 U14ME1012 ADEDEJI, Abdullahi Ahmad 09-04-1998 Kwara 4.55 5 U14ME1032 ABDULLAHI, Abubakar Sadiq 26-05-1997 Nasarawa 4.04 6 U14ME1049 IBRAHIM, Sadiq Shuaib 12-10-1994 Plateau 3.85 7 U14ME1050 TUKUR, Al-amin Muhammad 25-09-1997 Kaduna 3.90 8 U1 4ME1061 ADAMU, Abdulmalik Umaru 29-03-1995 Kogi 4.47

9 U14ME1067 JA , Sulaim an Abdullahi 04-09-1996 Kaduna 4.33 10 U14ME1068 AB AH, M oses Uguru 08-08-1997 Benue 3.74 11 U14ME1007 SA LMAN , Usman Abdullahi 18-02-1996 Kaduna 4.13 12 U14ME1003 YA HAYA, Amina Baba 03-09-1997 3.84

13 U14ME1041 NU HU, Sh edrack Nkon 14-11-1995 Kaduna 3.68 14 U14ME1064 JO SEPH, C hristopher 28-12-1992 Kaduna 3.56 15 U14ME1070 OD IBELU , Ekene Pa ul 29-06-1992 Anambra 3.73 16 U14CV1009 US MAN, Abdulsalam Bibi 15-07-1996 Adamawa 4.17

17 U14CV1022 ISM AIL, J ibril Jibril 28-08-1994 Kano 4.08 18 U15CY2013 MU STAPH A, Mubara k Said 17-03-1993 Borno 4.07 19 U14CV1047 SA NI, Dalh atu 06-04-1994 Kaduna 3.98 20 U14CV2023 DU NG, D avid Chuwang 25-05-1990 Plateau 3.98 21 U14CV1060 SH EHU, M uhammad Guidi 30-03-1995 Niger 3.88

22 U15CV2042 HA RUNA , Bashir 15-04-1996 Kats ina 3.87 23 U14CV1031 IB RAHIM , Sanusi 18-09-1992 Nasara wa 3.82 24 U14CV1032 AL IYU, M ubarak Abdula zeez 15-09-1998 Kebbi 3.82 25 U15CV2040 HO SEA, B ulus 10-10-1994 Kadun a 3.79

26 U14CV1065 ILY AS, Y ushau 03-07-1994 Kogi 3.61 27 U15CV2015 FO M, Dun g Davou 03-07-1992 Plateau 3.52 28 U15CV2035 ID RIS, Ah med 01-12-1995 Ogun 3.52 29 U14CV1057 PA M, Mark 27-09-1994 Plateau 3.46

30 U15CV2033 SH ETTIM A, Lawan Bukar 28-06-1991 Borno 3.46 31 U15CV2008 AM INU, U mar Faruk 26-03-1994 Zam fara 4.79 32 U14CV1054 AB UBAK AR, Aliyu Ba ppah 25-12-1994 Gombe 4.68 33 U15CV2014 AB OU, Da nladi Mamman 25-12-1995 Katsi na 4.58

34 U14CV1037 JIM OH, Ja miu 25-07-1997 Kogi 4.44 35 U14CV1091 ID RIS, Us man Usm an 10-10-1994 Kano 4.33 36 U14CY1021 OB ASI, V ictory Chinwe otuto 21-02-1997 Abia 3.97 37 U14CV1026 AB DULLA HI, Sani 13-08-1996 Jigaw a 3.94 38 U15CV2005 MA IYERI , Hamza 05-03-1992 Yobe 3.94

39 U14CV1053 BE LLO, H afeez Husain 25-10-1995 Kad una 3.92 40 U14CV1050 AD EBAYO , Ibrahim Wahab 02-07-1990 Osun 3.89 41 U14CV1003 UM AR, A mina Ojochid e 01-06-1998 Kogi 3.73 42 U14CV1027 SA LIHU, Kabir 07-03-1995 FCT 3.73

43 U14CV1062 AT OLAGB E, Shakirudeen Olabanji 23-06-1993 Kwara 3.72 44 U14CV1007 UM AR, A hmad Sani 04-02-1996 Kog i 3.64 45 U1 4CV1045 LA WAL, A bba Ad amu 15-06-1996 Katsin a 3.61

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 7 COVER Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Emir of Zazzau prays for China-bound students

mir of Zazzau Alhaji Shehu Idris has personally led a Eprayer session in his palace for the China-bound students who were brought to him by Vice- Chancellor Professor Ibrahim Garba for royal blessing. The royal father who was visibly elated for the opportunity the students got to complete their studies at China South Central University in Changsha under the 3+2 joint degree programme prayed for their success. While congratulating the 45 selected students on their emergence for the programme, the emir urged them to be good ambassadors of the University and Nigeria as a whole during their two The Emir of Zazzau, Alh. Shehu Idris, addressing the students in his palace year stay in China. Emir Shehu Idris, who received Adamu Ahmed, had earlier told the University in Nigeria, and it would the students in company of his emir that all the students were remain so in line with the vision and district heads, senior councillors selected based on merit. mission of the founding fathers of and other traditional title holders, Professor Garba, who said they the institution. also enjoined them to always be were in the palace for the emir's law-abiding and face their studies in blessings before the students trip to “ order to achieve the desired China, dispelled insinuations that purpose. the students were children of He said when they succeeded it ministers and other top government I am happy to know that would be better for the University functionaries, as there was no and Nigeria in general, saying “I am discrimination in the selection the 45 students are from happy to know that the 45 students process. different parts of the are from different parts of the The University, according to country “ country.” him, had continued to maintain its The royal father commended place as the most cosmopolitan the Vice-Chancellor for his effort to secure the partnership that metamorphosed into this all- important degree programme which was the first of its kind in Nigeria, saying that the criteria used in selecting the programme was also worth commending. At the instance of the Vice- Chancellor, each of the students individually introduced themselves to the emir telling their names, states of origin, CGPA and departments. While at the palace, the students took different group photographs with the emir. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor I b r a h i m G a r b a , w h o w a s accompanied to the palace by D e p u t y V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r Administration, Professor Kabir Bala and Director, Directorate of The Emir, Vice-Chancellor, DVC Admin, Director DUA and Chinese language University Advancement, Professor tutor, in a group photograph with some of the students

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 8 COVER Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria What Nigeria stands to gain from 3+2 joint degree programme –Prof Ibrahim Garba A crew from CCTV was recently in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in respect of the 3+2 joint degree programme in engineering. In a brief chat with the Chinese media team, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim Garba, explains the prospects of the programme and what Nigeria stands to benefit from it.

Prof. Ibrahim Garba, during the interview with the CCTV in his office

CCTV: Sir, can you tell us the South University, China which we from this programme. Shortly after origin of the 3+2 joint degree did. I went to China with a team of that, the candidates chosen for the programme? seven professors covering various exercise were granted scholarships Vice-Chancellor: It is a very short aspects of the collaboration. We and admission to leave Nigeria for history. Not long ago, we were spent few days at the CCECC China South Central University, contacted by the Federal Ministry of headquarters in Beijing and the Changsha. It was after the first batch Transportation in Nigeria to Central South University, where we of the candidates had left for China consider having this collaboration had a very long discussion and that we received a massage from the to develop future railway negotiations with the professors of CCECC granting additional infrastructure and to speed up School of Engineering, Central scholarships for 12 postgraduate professionals for a massive South University, Changsha after a students to receive training at MSc transportation investment being tour of the entire school. Our visit and PhD levels. The candidates witnessed in Nigeria today in the enabled us to formulate the whole were given admission for MSc and railway, airport and roads framework of the collaboration on PhD in Mechanical Engineering, development. After the approach by the 3+2 joint degree programme. Transportation Engineering, t h e F e d e r a l M i n i s t r y o f Although it took us a long time to Communication Engineering, Transportation, we were chosen out understand ourselves, it didn't take C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e a n d of the federal universities that were us time to understand our respective Metallurgical Engineering. Indeed, considered from that point. The next strengths and academic capacity this we described as a very big was the visit by a team from Central which, for instance, led to the basket of support that we received South University (CSU), Changsha, understanding of having the joint from both CCECC and CSU, China. China to look at who we are and degree programme. We then left where we are. And after they left, we Beijing back to Nigeria to prepare Was there any criterion used in never thought it would turn big. Not for the return visit of the professors the selection of the students? long after that, CCECC came to again from Changsha to select The foremost criterion is based on facilitate our return visit to Central potential students that are to benefit merit, which we used to select Continued on page 10 ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 9 COVER Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 9 What Nigeria stands to gain from 3+2 joint degree programme –Prof Ibrahim Garba students that have achieved beyond p a r t i c u l a r l y r a i l w a y a n d This is first of its kind. But what certain level that we consider to transportation engineering. I think were your plans before? reflect merit. We, first of all, they are going to the best school, When you pioneer any programme selected 90 students using such particularly in this field that is like this, the tendency is to actually criteria and handed them over to the giving them the best education and c o n v i n c e y o u r s e l f b e f o r e Chinese people to interview them. that added to the learning convincing others to believe that it And in the end, 45 out of the 90 were e n v i r o n m e n t i n C h i n a t o can work; so it requires a lot of chosen. internationalize their knowledge sacrifice, commitment and belief in and experience in the manner that ourselves with the fact that it is the So the students chosen are among they will do things differently from best way to go. We have the the very top students in the where they come from. Thirdly, our scholarship now, the students are University selected to go to China engineering programmes in this preparing to go, which is not a joke to complete their studies. What country have been so challenging or a dream. It is a reality with the fact exactly will the University due to lack of our industrial that it has never happened before; achieve? experience. We produce engineers and this gives us more to believe in Quite a lot! The whole education that have no experience in industry, ourselves and to understand what is space in the world is looking because the industries are not there. expected from us and what we are towards this transportation When you go to a place where they expected to do. It is our hope that education. First, there is a clear grow industry out of university, that much more will come out from the comparative advantage because indicates that our students, apart children and the country. where they are going to is one of the from gaining the classroom few places in the world to have this knowledge, they could also have Do you have anything to say to the kind of high level quality of attachment to the industry so by the CCECC? education in those particular areas time they finished the entire We shall continue to say thank you of engineering they have chosen. programme they will be different to CCECC. When I went to Beijing So, the fact to even get our students kind of engineers. This is because headquarters a month ago, we paid a experience education outside engineers that are trained in China visit to the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria is a good achievement are different in terms of their theory Nigeria and sincerely thanked him which is part of a remarkable aspect and practical as you can see because he has contributed and education exposure they are going how Chinese technological supported us in many ways to see to to get. Secondly, the chosen courses engineering is accepted in the it that the collaboration has taken are not taught in Nigeria, world. place.

A CCTV reporter with the Vice-Chancellor during the interview

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 10 PARTNERSHIP Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria PTDF to partner ABU on Chinese language class

Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibrahim Garba (right), listening to the PTDF Executive Secretary, Dr. Bello Aliyu after visiting the Chinese language class

he Petroleum Technology Nigerian students on PTDF ABU and a Chinese language Development Fund (PTDF) scholarships completed the laboratory which would greatly help Tw o u l d l o o k i n t o t h e postgraduate studies in six different in the study of the Chinese language possibility of partnering with Chinese universities in July this and culture. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria on year. Earlier in his remarks, the Vice- the study of Chinese language Dr Bello Aliyu also said the Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim which the University started as a Fund would soon send another set Garba, thanked the Fund for its course, PTDF Executive Secretary, comprising 35 MSc and 16 PhD interest to partner the University in Dr Bello Aliyu, has said. students who needed at least a the study of Chinese language for its The Executive Secretary, who passable knowledge of Chinese China-bound sponsored students to was taken round a Chinese class in language before the start of the get the basics of Chinese language. Professor Garba, who said the session, a language laboratory and a programme in China. He said the study of the Chinese programme started in the University Chinese garden all on the Samaru recently, explained that students Campus of the University by the language in ABU by students on PTDF scholarships would save cost, took the course as an elective,

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim saying he was elated to see a hoping that it would gradually be

Garba, said the partnership became Chinese language class in session in well accepted all over country. necessary given the growing “ number of Nigerian students being sponsored by the Fund to go to

China for postgraduate studies in Students register Chinese as an elective course; and different engineering fields. with time it would be well accepted all over the country“ According to him, a total of 63

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 11 VISIT Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria ABU is pillar of tertiary –JAMB Registrar

hmadu Bello University is Professor Oloyede then assured people regardless of religion, not only a pillar of tertiary the University management of his ethnicity or tribal differences. Aeducation in Nigeria but s u p p o r t i n d e e p e n i n g t h e Also speaking, the Dean, also represents the aspirations of relationship between ABU and School of Postgraduate Studies, people and actualization of their JAMB in different strategic areas. Professor S Z Abubakar, thanked the dreams, the Registrar of Joint Deputy Vice-Chancellor, JAMB boss for patronising the ABU Admissions and Matriculation Administration, Professor Kabir Hotels, saying the University was Bala, who received the JAMB Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq aware of its burden of mentoring Olarewaju Oloyede , has said. registrar along with Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, Professor S Z upcoming universities and was The JAMB registrar, who made working tirelessly to upgrade and the remark recently when he called Abubakar, on behalf of the Vice- even expand its facilities. on the institution's Vice-Chancellor, C h a n c e l l o r, d e s c r i b e d t h e Professor Ibrahim Garba, expressed University as a cosmopolitan “You see, with the largest satisfaction with commitment of institution given its nationwide carrying capacity of undergraduates ABU management by remaining spread of staff and student profiles. in the country, and the growing alive to its responsibility as a Professor Bala urged for n u m b e r o f p o s t g r a d u a t e leading tertiary institution in JAMB's support to enable ABU to programmes we have no choice but Nigeria. live up to the vision set by its to live up to our responsibilities”, he Professor Oloyede, who was in founding father to accommodate said. Zaria for the 2018 JAMB retreat at the famous Kongo Conference Hotels (now rebranded ABU Hotels), also said he was elated at s e e i n g t h e t r e m e n d o u s transformation of the University as a whole. He maintained that the University was not in any way shying away from its statutory responsibilities to the nation, as it continued to play the all important role in mentoring upcoming universities. “It is not all about building new structures, but maintaining our monuments, especially in these times that our monuments are being defaced,” he said. “

With the largest carrying capacity of undergraduates in the country, and the growing number of postgraduate programmes, ABU has no choice but to live up to its responsibilities Prof. Ishaq Olarewaju Oloyede

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 12 INAUGURAL LECTURE Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

traditional artisans in the Prof A M Ahuwan: department. T h a t p o l i c y s a w t h e employment by the department of In praise of hands Malam Idi Hunkuyi, a traditional artisan who taught him most of the 'Hunkuyi Experiment: A Pragmatic Approach to Teaching and things he knows about traditional Research in Ceramics' was an inaugural lecture delivered recently by pottery and demonstrated the true Professor Abbas Magaji Ahuwan, a specialist in figurative ceramics meaning of humanity that formed at the Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Environmental his theoretical bedrock of arts. Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Idi Hunkuyi was a native of Hunkuyi town, which is known for he lecture was a trajectory of Secondary School) from 1962 to its mastery in traditional pottery his long academic career 1966 was considered the most making in the old Zaria Province. since 1972 when , the then crucial as it afforded him the T The place is just a few kilometers Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ishaya opportunity to have the initial Shuaibu Audu, employed him to contact with contemporary pottery w a y f r o m A h m a d u B e l l o teach in the Department of Fine Art. which was started by Michael University, Samaru, Zaria. His only desire in life was to Cardew in 1952. The school's The invitation of Idi Hunkuyi join military, an ambition which curriculum included fine art as a to Ahmadu Bello University was blocked by the then expatriate subject with Mr. Olumotanmi as the ceramics studio was essentially for P r i n c i p a l o f G o v e r n m e n t first teacher who saw in him the the benefit of students to widen Secondary School, Abuja, Mr. potentials of a creative student and their knowledge on traditional G a r t h D a v i d s o n , w h o even encouraged him to specialize. techniques as they observed him recommended to the interviewing Professor Ahuwan's name is working. synonymous with pottery making panel that Ahuwan was not fit for The Hunkuyi Experiment is a the military. This was on the in Nigeria for his special interest in traditional arts and ceramics. He concept which largely formed the strength of the danger of a possible central philosophy of Professor civil war Davidson had foreseen in began his academic career under Ahuwan's entire academic work in Nigeria. the tutelage of Professor Solomon Ahuwan's going to Abuja Irien Wangboje who, as the first figurative ceramics. It was the Government Secondary School Head, Department of Fine Art, threshold to a directional change to ( n o w S u l e j a G o v e r n m e n t made it a policy to engage his work soon after he took the teaching appointment. The de-factor to this new direction, according to Professor Ahuwan, was a consequence of an

invitation by the United States

Department to an educational tour “ Continued on page 14

The invitation of Idi Hunkuyi to Ahmadu Bello University ceramics studio was essentially for the benefit of students to widen their knowledge on traditional

techniques as they

observed him working “

Prof Ahuwan

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 13 INAUGURAL LECTURE Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 13 Prof A M Ahuwan: In praise of hands of the United States and Canada, to attend the World Crafts Council Conference in Toronto in 1974, with the theme: 'In Praise of Hands'. He said the invitation challenged his competence and confidence to discharge the responsibility creditably as a trained ceramist and potter to a well-informed and sophisticated audience, saying as part of his preparation for the conference the then Head of Department, P r o f e s s o r S o l o m o n I r i e n Wangboje, supported the idea of inviting potters within the environment to work as studio a s s i s t a n t s w h o s e p r i m a r y assignment was to demonstrate their skills in their craft. The figurative ceramist also said while working in the department, students were encouraged to watch and learn from them, an idea that brought on board Kim-Kim forms, c.2000, Terracota, 49cm high. Photo credit: Jacob Jari Idi Hunkuyi and Mrs. Kura from Kwoi, a descendant from of the decoration and dry/firing. by the following world famous Nok culture. His students, according to him, musicians: Paul Simon, Miles “I worked closely with these were excited with the processes. Davis, George Jinda, Mino Cinelu, two potters and learnt a whole lot For example, he said, the firing Brian Melick, and Stings. He also on traditional methods of appealed to them more than the said Bashiri Johnson, a famous construction and processing. From modern firing equipment like the Afro-American percussionist, for this point on, my work experienced electric kiln, adding that the example, played with Michael a turning point. I had the privilege traditional firing used materials like Jackson using kim-kim drum. o f o b s e r v i n g t h e i r t o t a l dry cow-dung, sawdust, twigs of According to him, the Hunkuyi involvement, temperament and trees, corn stalks and as fuel. Experiment started by an pose while at work. This was the He said it was during these interaction between contemporary beginning of the Hunkuyi processes that Frank Giorgini and traditional pottery, saying it Experiment”, he said. became sensitized and challenged was define as an idea, which upheld As his mentor, he said, Idi the celebration of extracting the believed in the power of towards Nigerian and African traditional methods, saying also essential properties of traditional o b s e r v a t i o n a n d p r a c t i c a l pottery and transforming it into experience on the part of his student that the idea years later developed to a popular percussionist musical contemporary status. and apprentice. He said the first Idi Professor Ahuwan argued that taught him was how to identify the instrument used by reputable musicians worldwide. contemporary pottery in Nigeria presence of clay during the dry and was believed to have started in The Hunkuyi Experiment has rainy seasons in a given terrain. 1905 while traditional pottery had Though unscientific, one could created a hybrid from the Hunkuyi- been around since man settled predict the presence of clay in a Haystack-Freehold partnership; down to agriculture. terrain depending on the season, he and it was first recognized by way He said the interaction between said. of accepting Frank's work at the these two synonymous crafts Professor Ahuwan went further Metropolitan Museum of Art, New brought about a synergy, which to explain that his approach to York in the permanent collection in consequently gave birth to the new teaching was strictly in adherence 1985 and subsequently in 1989 kim-kim drum and that the meeting to Idi's methodology. Ahuwan when two pieces of his work were point to this phenomenon of listed five basic things in accepted and replaced at the technical contrast in clay work constructing a Hausa traditional pot African Permanent Collection. between Western and African form that included locally sourced The kim-kim drums by Frank, cultures was started during a clay, inverted clay form, coiling, according to him, were recognized workshop in 1986.

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 14 INAUGURAL LECTURE Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Prof Odion says sustainable agriculture is critical to food security chieving sustainable agriculture and viable Aagricultural systems is critical to food security and poverty alleviation given the escalating p o p u l a t i o n g r o w t h , l a n d degradation and increasing demands for food, Professor Ehiabhi Cyril Odion, has asserted. Odion, a professor of farming system and organic agriculture at Department of Agronomy, Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, made the assertion recently in his inaugural lecture, 'Sustainable Food Security: The Role of Organic Agriculture'. Professor Odion, who was motivated to dabble into organic agriculture upon observation that cowpea crop eaten by goats regenerated as there was still moisture in the soil to sustain growth, said soil health and soil Prof. Odion, delivering his lecture quality were fundamental to the sustained productivity and viability technologies. It also does not intensification strategies. These, he of agricultural systems worldwide. discount the value of techniques that said, included a drastic loss in A c c o r d i n g t o h i m , have proved their sustainability biodiversity, soil erosion, soil improvement in agricultural over centuries. Emphasis is placed salinization and the loss of soil sustainability and productivity on inter-planning or rotating crops, fertility in addition to nitrates that required effective water and crop enhancing soil fertility, reducing polluted drinking water and over- management, optimal use and soil loss, diversify crops and fertilized lakes causing algal management of soil fertility as well livestock and controlling pests by blooms and killing fish. as soil physical properties which biological means,” he said. “ Continued on page 16 relied on soil biological processes Shedding light on production and soil diversity. trends, Professor Odion said He said, by definition, farming agriculture had undergone Improvement in systems that had existed for long unprecedented intensification in the agricultural periods had been sustainable, saying last 50 years and this had resulted in that to continue to be sustainable the tripling of the global cereal sustainability and they must evolve to meet the needs production. The trend, according to productivity require a n d c o n s t r a i n t s o f f u t u r e him, was made possible due to the effective water and crop generations just as they had evolved enormous advances in plant in the past. breeding, large scale use of management, optimal “Indeed, none has remained synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, use and management of static. Sustainable agriculture does expansion of irrigation systems and not represent a return to pre- systematic use of herbicides and soil fertility as well as industrial methods of production; pesticides to control weeds, pests soil physical properties rather it uses any techniques, and diseases. which relied on soil traditional or modern, which satisfy Professor Odion, however, its objectives. explained that there were weighty biological processes and Where appropriate, it uses ecological reasons for not soil diversity “ modern equipment and latest continuing in the existing

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 15 INAUGURAL LECTURE Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 15 Prof Odion says sustainable agriculture is critical to food security He went on to stress that in to be able to earn enough income to and if yield levels can be sustained,” many tropical and subtropical produce their own food, saying that he explained. regions, land productivity among the IAASTD World Agriculture He said following the food small-scale farmers had stagnated Report (2008) confirmed two crisis in 2008 a new green for years, saying cereal yields of 1.0 factors key to improving global revolution for Africa was proposed t/ha or less were common compared nutrition: producing enough food, by the Alliance for a Green to the more than 8.0 t/ha achieved and ensuring access to it for those in Revolution in Africa (AGRA) t h r o u g h h i g h l y i n t e n s i v e need. which aimed to double or quadruple production. This group of farmers, P r o f e s s o r O d i o n a l s o yields of smallholder farms. And to a c c o r d i n g t o h i m , w e r e commented on the production achieve this, he added, AGRA heterogeneous ranging from methods, saying Nigeria had a large funded the development of new medium-sized farms to the smallest population of small farmers that seed varieties, improving soil of holdings run as self-sufficient were largely dependent on the use of fertility through higher usage of businesses and accounted for 75 local resources but might make chemical fertilizers and market percent of the world's poor with land moderate use of external inputs. access and farmer education among holdings of two hectares of arable These farmers, according to him, others. land or less. produced the majority of grains, “ Odion, who also spoke on the almost all root, tubers and plantain task of increasing food production, crops, and the majority of the argued that food could be increased legumes. Henceforth, the main either by expanding the area under “The production methods used prospect for increasing cultivation or by intensifying include shift cultivation, bush production on selected tracts f a l l o w, i m p r o v e d f a l l o w, production is to intensify without further expansion, saying conservation agriculture, green and sustain production that this was still common in some m a n u r e a n d r e c e n t l y t h e on the most favourable regions where the shifting clipping/thinning management of cultivation and bush fallow system legume crops for green manure, and land rather than to were practiced. chemical fertilization. Some of According to him, most of the appropriate and to these methods are harmful to the soil readily accessible favourable land

and the degree of damage degrade more marginal had already been appropriated; and determines whether a farmer will and sub marginal land “ much of that land, he added, had remain in production for a long time been degraded as a consequence of exploitative and unstable modes of management. “Henceforth, the main prospect for increasing production is to intensify and sustain production on the most favourable land rather than to appropriate and to degrade more marginal and sub marginal land,” he also said. Professor Odion went further to say that the global share of land farmed by smallholders was not known; and in 1980s, he said, it was estimated to be 60 percent, and currently assumed to be at least 40 p e r c e n t . A n d s m a l l - s c a l e agriculture, according to him, was vital for the livelihood of a vast majority of rural people, most of whom had no alternative source of income. He believed that achieving DVC Admin, Prof. Kabir Bala (left), presenting plaque to Prof. Odion after global food security required people delivering the inaugural lecture

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 16 STUDENT COMPETITION Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Vice-Chancellor commends ENACTUS team for making ABU proud at tournament ABU to represent Nigeria at ENACTUS World Cup in US this October

Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, receiving the trophy from ABU Team Leader, Usman Suleiman Waziri and two others

ice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Vi c e - C h a n c e l l o r b y A B U supervision of ABU ENACTUS Bello University, Professor ENACTUS Faculty Adviser Faculty Adviser, Professor M K VI b r a h i m G a r b a , h a s Professor M K Aliyu along with the Aliyu. commended students of the team leader, Usman Suleiman Being a hands-on experiential institution for making ABU proud Waziri and ENACTUS Project development initiative, the by winning a trophy at this year's Manager, Paul Onaji. ENACTUS programme in Nigeria ENACTUS national competition in In his brief remarks after the is structured to deliberately and Lagos recently. trophy presentation to the Vice- systematically develop the The University will now Chancellor, the Faculty Adviser, participating undergraduates into represent Nigeria at the ENACTUS Professor M K Aliyu, said all the values-driven and purposeful World Cup Competition in the students that represented the leaders with an entrepreneurial United States this October University at the competition cut mindset. following its emergence as the a c r o s s d i ff e r e n t a c a d e m i c “The intention is to create the overall winner of the national disciplines with higher CGPA. critical mass of people who competition. A total of 36 countries were understand the values of integrity, expected to participate at the world strategic thinking, collaborations, Receiving the students in his and determination, and who are also office when they came to present to tournament which would take place purpose-driven with the capacity to him the trophy won at the Lagos at Silicon Valley, San Jose, lead and sustain the transformation tournament, the Vice-Chancellor California, USA in October. agenda in Nigeria,” the Country said the University would continue The ABU team that participated Director, ENACTUS Nigeria, Mr. to assist its students in any worthy in the ENACTUS tournament in Michael Ajayi, said. cause. Lagos was led by Usman Suleiman “In view of this, the ENACTUS The trophy was presented to the Waziri and Paul Onaji under the programme in Nigeria has, over the Continued on page 18 ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 17 STUDENT COMPETITION Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 17 ABU to represent Nigeria at ENACTUS World Cup in US this October years, continually transformed problems in their respective Cup. otherwise ordinary undergraduates communities. That success encouraged the into courageous, innovative, The ABU team won the Lagos team to keep the tempo when it dynamic, and resourceful change tournament on account of its project competed this year and again agents who are also equipped with on an artisanal mining community emerged the overall winner to entrepreneurial and leadership in Bagega village in Zamfara State represent Nigeria at Silicon Valley, skills. Some of these individuals are where several children and adults California, USA this October. today filling the leadership gaps in lost their lives due to lead poisoning “ our society and leading change as a result of the gold mining either as employees or succeeding entrepreneurs across different activities around the area. sectors of the Nigerian economy,” The team intervened by The team intervened by developing a water filtration he said. developing a water E N A C T U S , m e a n i n g mechanism which provides clean 'Entrepreneurship Action and Us', water to the community as well as filtration mechanism which remains the largest student body in evolving a jathropha Integrated provides clean water to the the world. It is a non-governmental Energy Scheme through the organization funded by the private planting of jathropha tree for community as well as sector and philanthropists. And, in remediation of the contaminated evolving a jathropha Nigeria, the organization is funded soil. Integrated Energy Scheme by banks and companies, with This led to the creation of 464 KPMG as its leading sponsor. job opportunities, integrated 72 through the planting of There are well over 500 widows back into their community, jathropha tree for universities and polytechnics across and 22,500 people access to fresh remediation of the the globe participating in different agro-products. ENACTUS activities among which Since 2004 the ABU team has contaminated soil. This led are more than 20 universities and been participating in the ENACTUS to the creation of 464 job polytechnics that are involved in national competition. In 2007 the opportunities, integrated Nigeria. team came second out of 24 72 widows back into their The body, hitherto known as Nigerian universities and since then 'Students in Free Enterprise' (SIFE), it has been harboring between community, and 22,500 organizes students across different second and third positions until last people access to fresh disciplines to be engaged in the year when it emerged the overall agro-products “ development of projects aimed at winner and represented Nigeria in solving specific socio-economic London for the ENACTUS World

Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibrahim Garba and Faculty Adviser, Prof. M.K. Aliyu in the midst of the ABU ENACTUS team

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 18 STUDENT COMPETITION Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria How ABU won at Lagos ENACTUS tournament rofessor M K Aliyu, who is the Faculty Adviser for ABU ENACTUS team, was in Lagos for ENACTUS National Competition with the Pteam from 25th – 28th July, 2018 at which the University emerged the overall winner, a feat that made the premier institution to represent Nigeria in the ENACTUS World Cup in the US this October. Here, Professor Aliyu speaks on the competition, among other issues.

ABU News: In the first place, 24 universities; and since then the what ENACTUS is all about? ABU team has been hovering Professor M K Aliyu: ENACTUS between second and third means 'Entrepreneurship Action positions until last year when the and Us'; it is the largest student team emerged the overall winner organization in the world; it is a and represented Nigeria in London non-governmental organization for the ENACTUS World Cup. funded by the private sector and With that experience, the team philanthropists. In Nigeria, for returned and maintained its tempo example, the student body is on that world scale; and that gave it funded by banks and companies, an edge when it competed in Lagos with KPMG as the leading sponsor this year again and yet emerged the in addition to serving on its board overall winner and made us now to as chair. There are well over 36 represent Nigeria in the Silicon Prof. M.K. Aliyu countries across the globe Valley, California, US this participating in ENACTUS October. farming the crops are also affected activities, comprising no fewer by lead poisoning. The team now than 500 universities and On what account the team won first developed a water filtration polytechnics. In Nigeria alone, at the Lagos tournament last mechanism to provide clean water there are over 24 universities and month? to members of the community in p o l y t e c h n i c s i n v o l v e d i n Our team of students identified a addition to planting jathropha tree ENACTUS activities. problem in poverty-stricken f o r r e m e d i a t i o n o f t h e communities in Zamfara State contaminated soil. If you plant And in specific terms, what kind engaged in artisanal mining of such a tree for a year or two, the of activities does ENACTUS gold; and through this process, soil will now become free from carry out as a world student after getting the gold, the lead. It also developed a method of body? communities became exposed to farming whereby farmers will ENACTUS, previously known as lead poisoning. This often led to have stop farming for sometime 'Students in Free Enterprise' the death of several children and till when the soil is cleaned by (SIFE) organizes students across adults in Zamfara; and such jathropha plant; the system the d i ff e r e n t d i s c i p l i n e s f o r communities were left on their team evolved is called acquaponic engagement in the development of own. So the ABU team did a need system, which is a soil-less various projects primarily to solve assessment of the problem and farming that could be used in a specific problems in their worked out a solution with a view small environment; all you need immediate communities; and this to alleviating the problem. We now are just grabbles on which the is exactly what ABU ENACTUS intervened in the area by trying to crops are grown. So it is around has been doing for the past 14 provide alternative means of this project the team made its years since 2004. The ABU team is livelihood for some members of presentation at the tournament funded largely from contribution those communities, especially in where it competed with over 20 of the private sector and the Bagega village in Anka local Nigerian universities and university, just like any other government area. The solution as polytechnics in Lagos from 25th - ENACTUS teams around the identified by the team was to free 28th July, 2018 and emerged the world. Our team has been m e m b e r s o f t h e B a g e g a national champion. The team, as I p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n n a t i o n a l community temporarily from said earlier, will eventually competition since 2004; and in mining activities and also from represent Nigeria in ENACTUS 2007 the team came second out of farming; this is because through World Cup in the US this October.

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 19 ALUMNI Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Alumni association behind ABU success story, says Boss Mustapha he success story of Ahmadu Bello University Tis partly because of the diligent and focused impact of its alumni members not only on the university but also on the growth and development of all sectors of Nigeria's national life, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, has said. Speaking as a special guest of honour at the 2018 Annual General Assembly Lecture of ABU Alumni Association at the Samaru Campus of the university, Mustapha said he was always excited with pride that the institution was rated high among universities in Africa. Mustapha, himself an ABU alumnus, expressed gratitude and appreciation to the association for Mr. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation recognizing and honouring him along with some distinguished distinguished alumni members He described as “appropriate” graduates of the university during and friends of ABU for the the choice of the topic for this advancement of learning, the Alumni Lecture, Dinner, and year's annual alumni lecture t e a c h i n g , r e s e a r c h a n d entitled 'Repositioning Education Recognition Awards Events in d e v e l o p m e n t a s w e l l a s Abuja on 14th April, 2018. for National Development', saying community services in the the lecture delivered by Hadiza While felicitating with university. Bala Usman, who is also an ABU friends, well-wishers, and all This, according to him, was guests on the occasion, the SGF not surprising since ABU was alumnus and Managing Director also said he always remembered among the first generation of Nigerian Ports Authority with nostalgia, their days in ABU universities in Nigeria that had (NPA), was well-researched. when, as students, they made provided the much needed T h e k e y n o t e s p e a k e r, friends with each other at very m a n p o w e r f o r n a t i o n a l according to him, had elucidated intimate level without prejudice to development and that the alumni on the topic components within the region, religion or ethnic association was equally doing the the framework of Nigerian groups they belonged. same in terms of setting standards universities as they related to

“We had genuine relationships and leadership. national development, saying the that saw us behaving as Nigerian “ interconnectivity of education, students first, before other nationhood and development was considerations. It is possible to Nigeria would continue to certainly needed for the progress rekindle those feelings and of any nation. prosper and provide the As the largest economy in extrapolate same to the national much needed leadership in level to enable Nigeria to truly Africa, he also said, Nigeria would the continent for the achieve the status of a nation continue to prosper and provide devoid of prejudices and other emancipation of Nigerians the much needed leadership in the primordial sentiments,” he said. and Africans from the continent for the emancipation of

He commended the efforts of shackles of insecurity, Nigerians and Africans from the

shackles of insecurity, poverty and the alumni association for poverty and inhumanity “ resources mobilization from inhumanity.

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 20 ALUMNI Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 'Nigeria needs strategic approach to attract foreign direct investment in education' anaging Director of N i g e r i a n P o r t s MA u t h o r i t y ( N PA ) has stressed the need for Nigeria to come up with effective strategies to attract foreign direct investments in education and human capital. The strategy, according to her, should be to build high quality human capital and stem the flight of Nigerians seeking education in foreign countries by attracting quality global education experts to set up campuses in Nigeria. The NPA boss, who spoke in a lecture entitled 'Repositioning E d u c a t i o n f o r N a t i o n a l Development' at the 2018 Annual General Assembly of ABU Alumni Association, also said such a step would fit into the context of a rising trend of globalization of education in Hadiza Bala Usman w h i c h s e v e r a l A m e r i c a n the human capital skilled enough “It is now incumbent on all of universities had global campuses to serve Nigeria's domestic us as stakeholders to make the in the Gulf countries, Europe and s c i e n c e , t e c h n o l o g y a n d repositioning of our education Asia. innovation needs and provide the system a top priority in all our For instance, she said, kind of expertise foreign investors engagements and actions because Malaysia built a completely new sought as a location factor. we owe posterity a duty to 240-hectare 'Educity' in the state Such strategy, according to bequeath a better educational of Johor from scratch and was her, would also increase the system to those coming after us. seeking to attract Western chances of foreign investments “It is a responsibility we must educational institutions to that would actually create jobs in shoulder, for as the late British establish there in order to reverse Nigeria such as light and middle industrialist and writer, Josiah the brain drain and domesticate the level manufacturing, as investors Stamp, once said, 'We can dodge finances that flowed from looked to diversify away from our responsibility, but we cannot Malaysia to foreign schools and countries such as China with its dodge the consequences of universities. increasingly high labour wages. dodging our responsibility,” she She said strategically selected The NPA boss also said, this said. tertiary institutions such as the a r r a n g e m e n t w o u l d o ff e r She was of the opinion that B r i t i s h u n i v e r s i t i e s o f Nigerians the prospects of since education was what made Southampton and Reading, the obtaining globally prestigious every individual to lay some claim Management Development educational qualifications without to being a stakeholder in the ABU Institute of Singapore, and a having to travel abroad, and would project, rubbing minds on how to collaboration arrangement guarantee investors promising employ this tool to the advantage

between Malaysia's Multimedia returns on investment. of Nigeria was expedient. University and the University “ Southern California would be

established in the Educity. We can dodge our responsibility, but we cannot dodge Hadiza explained that the the consequences of dodging our responsibility “ strategy, if adopted, would build

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 21 ALUMNI Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria The making of Directorate of University Advancement, by Prof. Hudu Ayuba Abdullahi

Prof. Hudu Ayuba Abdullahi, who is Director, Institute for Development primarily involved in fundraising Research and Training (IDR&T), was ABU Development Officer in 2004. activities. The Directorate is being In this interview, he speaks on the formative years of the Directorate of headed by a Vice President (Deputy University Advancement and sundry issues. Vice Chancellor) Advancement with the Vice Chancellor as the chief fundraiser. What should be the functions of an Alumni Association? An Alumni Association is an association of former students of an institution being headed by a President, who is normally a prominent graduate of the University who could be drawn from either the public or private sector. The purpose of the association is to support the institution's goals by facilitating the mobilization of other alumni. Their function is being coordinated by the University advancement. In the U.S, universities get the bulk of the money from their Alumni. For instance, the University of Columbia has over five hundred billion dollars raised from their Alumni which they invested and used to run the University and no

longer collect tuition from their

students. “ Continued on page 23

Unlike the practice in the U.S and European Prof. Hudu Ayuba Abdullahi Universities, the ABU Alumni association seems You took part in the initial efforts and Europe; and such activity has to function as a body to establish the Directorate of been their major source of funding University Advancement. Can over the years. This was inspired by independent of the you take us down memory lane on the large number of graduates ABU University itself. The the emergence and purpose of the had produced amounting to over Alumni Association has an Directorate? 500,000 at the time. Carnergie also The Directorate of University created an office in the U.S to raise office and staff, instead of Advancement, Ahmadu Bello funds for these four Universities. being coordinated by the University was established in 2004 Before the establishment of the University Advancement along with those of the universities Directorate, I went for a three through the Alumni Desk of Ibadan, Port Harcourt and Ile-Ife, months training in America where I funded by Carnergie Foundation in visited the Alumni offices of 12 Officer. The operations of collaboration with McArthur different Universities to understudy the association can be

Foundation. It was established to them. I discovered there that the job seen as a conceptional help ABU raise funds from its of the Advancement office/Alumni Alumni as is the practice of office is to focus on the problem “ renowned universities in the USA improvement of the university,

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 22 ALUMNI Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 22 The making of Directorate of University Advancement, by Prof. Hudu Ayuba Abdullahi Is the office of president of the University took the initiative to responsibility of facilitating the alumni association by elections or bring in the Alumni association activities of the University appointment? because of the trend of raising funds Advancement and mobilizing the From the practice in the U.S, the through the Alumni at the time. The Alumni and other dignitaries to President of Alumni association is pioneer ABU Alumni President was support the University's goals. There appointed by the Vice Chancellor not given a clear mandate which is need for a cordial relationship and endorsed by the Senate of the gave room for the present between the association and the University. The Vice-Chancellor independent status of the advancement to foster the goals of the gets an acceptance from the association. U n i v e r s i t y. T h e U n i v e r s i t y appointee. The prominence and Advancement should be alive to its credibility of the President of the responsibility and take charge of all In your own view, what measures fundraising activities of the association determines the support should be put in place to improve he is able to mobilize from the University. The 12 Universities I Alumni and even non-Alumni the relationship between the visited had what they call a during fund raising activities for the University Advancement and the 'cultivation room' in the advancement University. His major function is the Alumni to make them both office where students go to from 6pm mobilization of the Alumni to function better? to 8pm daily to reach out to the generously donate to the University To start with, the position of the University's alumni through phone during such fund raising events. President of the University Alumni calls to intimate them on fundraising should be by appointment as is the activities and also keep them abreast What is the expected relationship practice in the U.S. At the stage of ongoing researches in the b e t w e e n t h e U n i v e r s i t y where the appointed President university. By implementing such Advancement and the Alumni? accepts the appointment, he should practices, the advancement office The University Advancement is be given a clear mandate. The will be able to market its researches responsible for fund raising through Alumni President should stick to the and attract funds. marketing communication, getting in touch with their Alumni. They are a l s o r e s p o n s i b l e f o r commercializing their product i.e. the students graduating from the university. Now the Alumni comes in to facilitate the work of the advancement office. For instance, when the Advancement office organises fundraising activities like Presidential dinners, the Alumni facilitates such activities by mobilizing their members to attend and donate towards any noble cause of the University. The advancement office coordinates the function of the Alumni association through an Alumni (Desk) Officer who is a University staff. By so doing, the Alumni association does not need an office or staff. What is your assessment of the ABU Alumni Association? Unlike the practice in the U.S and European Universities, the ABU Alumni association seems to

function as a body independent of Prof. Hudu Ayuba Abdullahi stressing his points the University itself. The Alumni “ Association has an office and staff, instead of being coordinated by the University Advancement through There is need for a cordial relationship between the the Alumni Desk Officer. The association and the advancement to foster the goals of operations of the association can be the University. The University Advancement should be seen as a conceptional problem. A alive to its responsibility and take charge of all few years after the establishment of the university advancement, the fundraising activities of the University

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 23 ALUMNI Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Defining relationship between universities and their Alumni associations, by Prof. Ahmed In this interview, Director, Directorate of University Advancement (DUA), Professor Adamu Ahmed, gives an insight into the functions of the Directorate and how the University should relate with its Alumni association.

You are in your second term in office as the Director of Directorate of University Advancement (DUA); how has the task been? It has been challenging really; you know at any point in time you are given an assignment like this, you want to set targets and leave the place better than you met it. There are so many natural challenges that will come on board in terms of peoples understanding of what advancement is in the first place, and the culture of doing things as professionally as it needs to be. Thankfully, we have made a lot of progress, some slow, some very quickly. Literally, the office is linked with almost every other unit of the university, so as much as we don't implement something directly here, we are concerned with guiding and making people understand the etiquettes of the University. For instance, we guide on how to ask for support because u s u a l l y d u e t o l a c k o f understanding of how things professionally work, you will find Prof. Ahmed out that units or departments begin to solicit for support from When I came on board, the first Public Affairs Directorate, like individuals and companies that thing was to say that look, the when I say taking the University they hardly have a relationship Alumni is the future of the out to the public. Of course, the with. Things do not work like that. University because they are the Public Affairs Directorate is in the You have to cultivate and develop ones that will always have that best position to articulate good that relationship to reach the point emotional attachment to the stories out of the University and where there is confidence in University, so we need to manage send them out. So for us working between, before you begin any the students from the day they first together, knowing that they are in solicitation. That culture simply enter the University till the time the best position to deal with such isn't there and some people wonder they graduate. This is because one affairs and informing them of some why some individuals or bad memory can make an alumnus of the key organisations that we companies refuse to give, but the turn his back on the University. We need to target, we can form a reality is that we asked the wrong have made a lot of progress making strategy to reach out to such people way. We have had cause to step in people understand that these things more professionally. Luckily some on several occasions to manage have serious implications and need other units are catching up to such such situations. to be managed properly. For synergised relationships. In spite of Another major challenge has been instance, the cooperation we have all these challenges, I can say so far in the way we manage our students. developed and enjoyed with the so good. Continued on page 25 ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 24 ALUMNI Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 24 Defining relationship between universities and their Alumni associations, by Prof. Ahmed

What can you pinpoint as your Nigeria) who singlehandedly Many among members of the major successes? transformed the facilities at University community perceive One of the greatest achievements Department of Political Science the alumni association as elitist has to do with the large number of and International Studies. We have or at best, a platform for some relationships we have managed to seen other networkings that we sort of political networking. How cultivate with new partners and have done with key Alumni at the would you respond to this managing already existing ones, in Federal Government level where popular perception? that respect I think we have gone we incubated a relationship with It is not unfounded. There are quite very far. Through creating those the SGF, getting two interventions a number of misperceptions that types of relationships and within two years, one for dredging members of the alumni have, in the managing those already existing of the Bomo lake, and the other for sense that knowing that the relationships we have seen quite a developing the infrastructure University is a big brand you can sizeable inflow of support to the across the Kubani Dam that will use to open doors nationally. So, University, one of the major ones allow us to now develop the Phase quite a number of people aspire for being the Dangote intervention II of the University. Both positions in the Alumni driven by fund from the private sector, then interventions amount to almost that kind of perception not truly to foreign collaboration from the N1.2 billion. the ideals of giving back to the

Chinese Embassy which has seen University and that has been a very us begin, midwife an important “ worrisome development. That is collaboration doing something that something we need to continue has never been done in this country educating people about the fact that with the joint double degree We have also tried to being there in the association is programmes with Central South improve our visibility about service and giving back to University, Changsha, China. in terms of our the Alma Mata, but not primarily to In addition, we have also tried to use the platform to advance some improve our visibility in terms of capabilities that we other objectives. When you hear our capabilities that we were able were able to attract the that kind of voice around the to attract the African Development African Development University, it is largely driven from Bank to select ABU as one of four that understanding of the body Nigerian universities out of about Bank to select ABU as language that they see, especially 130 in Africa to be a centre of one of four Nigerian when elections come. e x c e l l e n c e i n c o d i n g f o r employment using ICT. Recently, universities out of What, based on best practices, the Vice Chancellor attended the about 130 in Africa to should be the relationship flag off ceremony in and be a centre of between the alumni association the programme is going to start up on one hand and the Directorate soon. excellence in coding of University Advancement and A n o t h e r v e r y i m p o r t a n t for employment using management on the other?

c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h t h e ICT The basic principle behind the Massachusetts Institute of “ e x i s t e n c e o f a n y a l u m n i Technology (MIT) in the USA, association is all about giving back again it's the first in Nigeria. That to the Alma Mata. There has to be collaboration is helping us build the University first before you capacity in research, teaching Another intervention is from the begin to talk about an association methods; and several top NNPC, which is to establish a of its graduates. Traditionally or management staff have already Centre of Excellence on Inland globally, you find that what that attended between one to two weeks Basin Studies in the Department of association does is to continue to of training there which will help us Geology worth about N1.2 billion. enlighten its members on the need reshape the way we do things. Then we are working on another to give back to the university and From the side of the Alumni, we centre of excellence from NNPC encouraging them to give directly have seen big interventions from partner groups for petroleum and to the University. In well- people like Dauda Lawal gas engineering worth about 7-8 established and cultured societies (Executive Director, First Bank billion Naira. people want to see what their Continued on page 26 ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 25 ALUMNI Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 25 Defining relationship between universities and their Alumni associations, by Prof. Ahmed money is doing directly and they are not giving to the association but to the University; and it is the University that is accountable for those things; the University will determine what it needs, what it doesn't need and how it should be spent and at the end of the year all those things that come in from d i s t i n g u i s h e d a l u m n i a r e accounted for. They run into the annual accounts which is audited and if any wrongs are found, someone will have to answer for it. Many people, especially corporate organisations that donate to the cause of the University through whatever means, do so on the strength of their corporate social responsibilities. Such companies usually get tax exemptions or tax waivers on account of the corporate social responsibilities they are able to provide and those things require evidence when they submit to file in those papers at the end of the year; and those papers have to Prof. Ahmed making his points come from the recipient university not from the association. These University to be accountable to the association. Before the DUA was will show in the university's donor. e s t a b l i s h e d a n a l u m n i audited accounts which is There is the need for that type of office/officer used to exist and authenticated. The association understanding to be perfectly that's the entry point for the alumni cannot present such documents established for both parties to association into the university. because the donation was made to understand their limits and to try to When the reform was done, the the University not to the abide by it. The University gives Alumni office, development office association. legitimacy to the association. If the and linkage office were all brought People who donate to the university decides not to, it will u n d e r o n e u m b r e l l a a s university expect the Vice become a big issue. And it's the Advancement. So even under the Chancellor to be accountable and responsibility of the DUA to advancement the entry point for the to be captured in their annual facilitate this harmonious alumni is through the alumni office reports. That's the traditional relationship. In every university to the director DUA, then to the practice globally. However, what you have a certain unit that Vice Chancellor. That's how the we have in practice is something interfaces on behalf of the relationship ought to be to avoid that conflicts with international university with the alumni some kind of friction. b e s t p r a c t i c e s w h e r e t h e “ association feels it exists on its own with its terms and operational mechanisms, and feels like while In every university you have a certain unit that functioning as a social organisation interfaces on behalf of the university with the alumni that can speak for and can collect association. Before the DUA was established an alumni money on behalf of the University. This becomes very problematic, office/officer used to exist and that's the entry point because it becomes difficult for the for the alumni association into the university

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 26 ANNIVERSARY Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Sociology Department: Faring in past 50 years t was indeed a celebration galore, when the Department of ISociology put together an international conference to celebrate its golden jubilee, with the Vice Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim Garba, declaring the three- day event open. The event took place from 2nd- 5th July, 2018 with a roll call of old famous academics that brought fame to the Department in particular and Ahmadu Bello University as a whole, especially in the late 1970s and 1980s. Participants paid glowing tributes to Dr Ibrahim Tahir of blessed memory and Dr Patrick Wilmot whose tenures at different times as heads of the Department were quite eventful and remarkable. The presence of two former heads of the Department, Professor Femi Odekunle and Professor Philip Ahire had added colour to the events; and a great honour to the Department. Professor Odekunle, who is the first professor of criminology in Nigeria, pioneer President of Nigerian Society of Criminologists, and first Director of United Nations African Institute of Criminology, was the strength in fulfillment of the Department's corporate social responsibility and c o m m i t m e n t t o n a t i o n a l Prof. Femi Odekunle development, especially in criminology and security. paramilitary agencies. At present, sociologist, who had impacted Professor Odekunle, who he is a member of Presidential positively on policy issues in served as chairman of the occasion, Advisory Committee Against Nigeria. In fact, he had been the was indeed instrumental to the Corruption (PACAC); and the major anchor of Vision 2010 in the hugely successful professional committee's most of the successes, Presidency after the government Masters in Criminal Justice and especially concerning the 'Whistle that instituted it left power. Law Enforcement (MLCJ) Blower' policy of the present Professor Ahire virtually single- programme of the Department run administration in the country could handedly repositioned and in collaboration with the Nigerian be attributed to him. refocused the Vision into relevance Army leading to the awards of Professor Philip Ahire, who before pulling himself free a few ordinary and postgraduate attended the event as a special guest years ago. diplomas to personnel of the having been a one-time head of the The conference, entitled Nigerian Army, Police and other Department, is a renowned 'Restructuring Nigeria: Whither Continued on page 28 ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 27 ANNIVERSARY Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 27 Sociology Department: Faring in past 50 years Sociology?,' was a sober revolved around imparting responsibilities by responding to intellectual debate on the ongoing functional and problem-solving the manpower needs of emerging national discourse on restructuring knowledge. universities in the North, in the conviction that the outcome “Its broad objective is to train sometimes even at its own could “make a positive and sociologists with a thorough grasp detriment. enduring impact on policy.” of the concepts, methods and “For example, out of the over The Department chose the theories of the discipline as a means 50 students presently enrolled in its topic on a conviction that it could of attaining critical understanding PhD programme, about 90 percent not be more apt and timely; and at of the Nigerian society from the are lecturers in other universities, this critical moment of Nigeria's past to the present; and to proffer even as our staff continue to feed history with “so many centrifugal ideas on how to improve the such universities as visiting and forces” threatening its corporate conditions of the people of Nigeria sabbatical lecturers”, he also said. existence, it stepped in with a in particular, and Africa in general,” The HOD explained that the rigorous intellectual debate at the he said. Department had continued to end of which many of the positively impact on government controversies should have been “ policy even if occasionally labeled substantially laid to rest. as “radical” and “controversial”, A total of 113 papers were saying the Department “does not presented by academics from From a humble court controversy but when different universities in Nigeria and beginning with an controversy comes courting it, it beyond; and all the papers were does not quaver”. classified under different sub- enrolment figure of “Hence when in 1987, a staff of themes which centered on three students and the Department and one of our 'Attitudinal Issues, Religion, former HODs, Patrick Wilmot Ethnicity and Restructuring'; five expatriate staff became the first Nigerian academic 'Farmers-Herders Conflicts and 50 years ago the (perhaps world) to be deported by Restructuring'; 'Social Order and government for 'teaching what he Restructuring'; 'Gender Issues and Department was not paid to teach', the Restructuring'; 'Theories, Methods, presently graduated Department stood resolutely by Social Problems and Urban Issues'; him. Today we are vindicated as as well as 'Mass Media and an average of 150 that incident propelled him and our Restructuring'. undergraduate D e p a r t m e n t t o p o s i t i v e In his address of welcome, the international limelight and Head of Department, Dr A S students, 25 MSc enhanced our academic stature.

Maliki, said from a humble students, and 12 PhD “Again, when a decade later in beginning with an enrolment figure 1997, another one of our former of three students and five expatriate students yearly “ HODs, Professor Femi Odekunle staff 50 years ago, the Department became the first Nigerian professor presently graduated an average of (perhaps in the world) to be tried for 150 undergraduate students, 25 plotting a coup to overthrow a MSc students, and 12 PhD students As the first Department of military government, we stood by yearly. This was in addition to Sociology in Northern Nigeria, him and today this 'first' in many employing a reasonable number of according to him, it had performed areas of whom we are so proud, is indigenous academic staff its academic and community sitting here as chairman of this regularly supplemented by foreign service roles, particularly in o c c a s i o n ( g o l d e n j u b i l e e scholars through robust sabbatical parenting similar departments in anniversary celebration of the and exchange programmes, he said. newer generation universities Department)”, he said. From inception, Dr Maliki also outstandingly. The HOD, who also spoke on said, the Department had “I have no doubts that the heads the Department's professional distinguished itself by a consistent of several other sociology Masters in Criminal Justice and policy of Africanization in teaching departments present here today Law Enforcement (MLCJ) and research activities, saying in will, if called upon, give programme which is barely 14 line with ABU's vision and mission, testimonies that ABU has never years in existence, explained that the philosophy of the Department s h i r k e d i t s p a r e n t i n g Nigerian government appeared to Continued on page 29 ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 28 ANNIVERSARY Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 28 Sociology Department: Faring in past 50 years have given informal recognition to present enviable state. and Performing Arts, Ahmadu the programme, going by the In his own part, Professor Femi Bello University, just as various number of appointments to key Odekunle, who equally spoke at the awards were presented to deserving

offices in the security sector. event, said he felt honoured to serve personalities. “Much as the security situation as chairman of the occasion for the “ h a s a s s u m e d w o r r i s o m e Department's golden jubilee dimensions I dare say it could have anniversary, saying such an been worse without these inputs occasion often called for sober As the first Department from the Sociology Department. reflections on issues of concern to of Sociology in Northern This is just one aspect where we Nigeria and humanity in general. Nigeria, it has performed have excelled. There were also goodwill In his brief remarks while messages from Dean, Faculty of its academic and declaring the event open, the Vice- Social Sciences, Professor P P Izah, community service Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim Heads of Department, NASA and roles, particularly in G a r b a , c o n g r a t u l a t e d t h e NSASA who spoke on the many Department on attaining 50 years as roles the Department of Sociology parenting similar an academic unit of the University played in the socio-economic and departments in newer and expressed gratitude to all political development of the generation universities former HODs, staff and students of country. A drama on the conference outstandingly t h e D e p a r t m e n t w h o h a d theme was staged by cultural troupe “ contributed in nurturing it to its from the Department of Theatre

A group photograph of celebrants. Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim Garba and Professor Femi Odekunle stand in the middle of the photograph

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The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, presenting a plaque of honour to Mr. Solomon Arase, former Inspector General of Police, an alumnus of the department As Political Science Department clocks 50 years he Department of Political Governance in Nigeria', was chaired other prominent personalities by Science and International by Professor A D Yahaya, a one-time Vice-Chancellor Professor Ibrahim TStudies is one of the oldest Director General, Administrative Garba who was also honoured by at academic departments founded not Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) the occasion. long after the establishment of with Vice-Chancellor Professor It started as Department of Ahmadu Bello University itself in Ibrahim Garba as chief host. Government in the then Faculty of 1962. It was created along with Former Inspector General of Arts and Social Sciences, better those of sociology and economics Police Mr. Solomon Arase, who is known as FASS, with admission of soon after an approval was given for an alumnus of the department ten undergraduate students in its the coming into being of Faculty of having graduated 38 years ago, first admission for the 1967/1968 Arts and Social Sciences in the presented the lead paper. Arase's academic session. 1966/1967 session. p a p e r, ' S t r e n g t h e n i n g a n d Specifically, it was established Just last September, it Evaluating National Security: How with a mandate to award first and celebrated 50 years of existence as to Manage Internal Security in the higher degrees in Social Sciences an academic department for which a Country', was discussed by Emir of with specialization in Government. number of personalities, including Birnin Gwari Malam Zubairu Jibrin The department began its academic the first indigenous head, Professor and Emir of Zamfaran Anka Alhaji programme with five expatriate A D Yahaya, who came to felicitate Attahiru Muhammad Ahmad who lecturers namely: Professor J with the department and the stressed the need for government to O'Connell, Professor S K Panter- University as a whole. step up effort in tackling the Brick, Dr J A Ballard, Dr B Butler The highpoint of the celebration country's security challenges. and Dr P A Beckett. was an international conference put Audiences at the conference And interestingly, the first set of together by the department where a were impressed by a mock AU its students included Abdu Dikko number of scholars from different Summit organized by members of Gidado, Ayuba Yaffa Kadzai, David parts of the world took advantage of AU Club who are also students of Ogada Attah, Alhamdu Haruna the event to present papers on International Studies from the Dutse, George Baba Homkwap, topical national and international department. Another thing of joy at Stanley Kayode Owa, Habib issues. the department's 50th anniversary Muhammed Ibrahim, James Abu The conference, entitled celebration was the presentation of Obe, John Kadiri Uwodi and John 'National Question, Security and awards to deserving alumni and Orya Ikyaagba. Continued on page 31 ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 30

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Continued from page 30 As Political Science Department clocks“ 50 years From its modest beginning the Science and International Studies, department has gradually expanded Dr Aliyu Yahaya, explained that the and changed in terms of staff department had continued to provide Taking full advantage of composition, student population, an avenue for skills acquisition for the new information number of courses and their both staff and students, training in technology, we will strive contents. And by 1976 it changed to basic research and manpower Department of Political Science development for the country and to provide for both staff under the headship of Dr Aliyu international community as a whole. and students the Danlami Yahaya, the first Graduates of the department, opportunities to seek for indigenous head of department, according to him, had excelled in the new ideas as well as avail whose tenure marked a watershed in public and private sectors, major the evolution of the department. international organizations as well as them with the most up to The department, indeed, in other ivory towers across the date materials and witnessed a rapid Africanisation world. methods with which to process to a level where Africans He said as the department marked its 50th anniversary its vision understand, analyze, constituted 98 percent of the staff explain, and predict list. Besides restructuring and for the next 50 years was to create a

updating the content and course department, which would be a political processes in the centre of excellence in the study of structure of the programmes, age of globalization “ another far-reaching initiative was politics at the local, national and the introduction of BSc International international levels comparable to Studies programme in 1981. any other political science department in the world. political science because of its In addition to undergraduate “Taking full advantage of the v i b r a n c y o n n a t i o n a l a n d programmes, the department new information technology, we international issues. currently runs eight accredited will strive to provide for both staff The chairman of the occasion, programmes namely: Postgraduate and students the opportunities to Professor A D Yahaya, said the Diploma in Peace and Conflict seek for new ideas as well as avail department had been known for its Management, Masters in Peace and them with the most up to date tradition of excellence and therefore Conflict Management, Masters in materials and methods with which urged that such a tradition should be International Affairs and Diplomacy, to understand, analyze, explain, and maintained in the overall interest of MSc Political Science, MPhil predict political processes in the age humanity as a whole. Political Science and PhD in of globalization. The three-day anniversary was Political Science with six areas of Equally speaking, the Vice- rounded off with the issuance of a specialization. And since its Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim communiqué signed by Chairman, establishment the department has G a r b a , c o n g r a t u l a t e d t h e C o m m u n i q u é C o m m i t t e e , graduated a total of 15,800 department on attaining 50 years in Professor E A Unobe; Chairman, undergraduate and postgraduate existence, saying as a student in LOC, Professor R A Dunmoye; and students. those olden days whenever ABU Head, Department of Political In his address of welcome, the was mentioned the first thing to Science and International Studies, Head, Department of Political remember was department of Dr Aliyu Yahaya. Continued on page 32

A cross section of some traditional rulers on the high table during the opening ceremony ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 31 ANNIVERSARY Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 31 PAST AND PRESENT HEADS OF DEPT. OF POLITICAL SCIENCE & INT’L STUDIES

Prof James O'Connell Mr. Russel T. Parkes Prof. Aliyu D. Yahaya Prof. Sam E. Oyovbaire (1967-1975) (1975-1976) (1976-1981) (1981-1982)

Prof. Ibrahim A. Gambari Dr. Anthony Edoh Dr. Ogah G. Ajene Dr. Rauf Ayo Dunmoye (1982-1984) (1984-1986) (1986-1990) (1991-1993)

Dr. P. P. Izah Dr. Ohwona Andrew Dr. A. S. Mohammed Dr. Ejembi A. M. Unobe (1993-1998) (1998-2000) (2000-2004) (2004-2006)

Dr. Umar M. Ka'oje Dr. Hudu A. Abdullahi Dr. Yusufu A. Yakubu Dr. Aliyu Yahaya (2006-2010) (2010-2014) (2014-2016) (2016-Date)

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 32 COMMUNIQUÉ Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

A COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISED TO MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, , NIGERIA, ON: NATIONAL QUESTION, SECURITY, AND GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA. Preamble Observations 8. That women and youths have not The Department of Political Science Following the addresses and goodwill been given adequate opportunities to and International Studies, Faculty of messages at the opening ceremony, participate in governance. Social Sciences, Ahmadu Bello paper presentations and deliberations University, Zaria, Kaduna – Nigeria, at the plenary and ordinary sessions, Recommendations celebrated its 50th anniversary from the conference observes as follows: In view of the foregoing observations, 23rd – 25th of September 2018. The the conference recommends the opening ceremony, which held at the On National Question following: University Assembly Hall attracted a 1. That the issues of National question 1. The debate about restructuring large number of dignitaries from remain very fluid and changing over should be rooted in deep thinking, across the country including: the time and space. However, the utmost care and with the objective of former Inspector General of Police, conference notes that central to the strengthening the unity of the country, debate about national question are Mr Solomon Arase, who delivered the ensuring justice for all and mobilizing issues around Justice, Unity and good human and material resources lead paper titled; STRENGTHENING governance; AND EVALUATING NATIONAL towards the path of real growth, real 2. That the debate about 'restructuring' development and the attainment of SECURITY: How to Manage Internal and or 'devolution' of power, true or peaceful coexistence among the Security in the Country; the Governor fiscal federalism have become diverse entities making up the of Kaduna State, represented by Prof. emotive and clouded by primordial federation; Kabiru Mato (Commissioner for sentiments and divisive tendencies; 2. As security is the concern of all, Local Government and Chieftaincy there is the need to raise citizen's Affairs); the Chief of Army Staff, On Security awareness and participation in terms represented by Major General Victor 3. That throughout human history, the of community policing, intelligence Ezugwu (Commandant of the primary responsibility of all gathering and sharing; Nigerian Army Depot, Zaria); the governments has been, essentially, 3. The state security apparatus should Emir of Zazzau, represented by Alh. the provision of security and welfare improve and enhance inter-agency Umaru Mijinyawa, (Makaman for its citizens; collaboration through sharing of Zazzau Karami); the Emir of Birnin 4. That the current security challenges relevant intelligence and holding Gwari, Mallam Zubair Jibril; the Emir in Nigeria include, but not limited to; regular consultation on security of Zamfaran Anka; Alh. Muhammad terrorism, cattle rustling and armed challenges; Ahmad Attahiru; the District Head of banditry, farmers/herders conflict, 4. There is the urgent need for the Basawa, Alh. Manir Ja'afaru political thuggery and ethnic militias, security agencies to increase their (Yariman Zazzau); the first c y b e r- c r i m e , p o v e r t y, a r m s deployment of modern technological proliferation, kidnapping, oil gadgets in the act of crime prevention indigenous Head of the department, bunkering, hate speech, drug abuse Prof. A.D. Yahaya, distinguished and general policing of the country; and the devastating impact of climate 5. Democracy is all about the people alumni of the department such as the change; former governor of , and therefore, the citizenry must 5. That the approach to security constantly demand for, and insist on Barrister Ibrahim Shehu Shema, the management in Nigeria is devoid of transparency, accountability and A c c o u n t a n t G e n e r a l o f t h e inter-agency cooperation and respect for the rule of law; Federation, Alh Ahmed Idris, collaboration resulting in an ad hoc 6. The government should pay represented by Dr. Abdullahi Ya'u approach to security problems; adequate attention to the problems of Usman (Special Assistant to the 6. That the Nigerian security drug abuse, youths unemployment, Accountant General); Alh. Dauda architecture has not sufficiently taken women disempowerment through Lawal and the Vice Chancellor of the advantage of the available technology purposeful and coordinated University, Prof. Ibrahim Garba. and the huge benefits of community programme of action at all levels of policing. government. As part of the celebration, the D e p a r t m e n t o r g a n i z e d a n On Good Governance Note of Gratitude International Conference on the 7. That good governance is all about The department of Political Science theme: National Question, Security effective and transparent leadership that provides results which can and International Studies extends its and Governance in Nigeria. The transform the socio-economic immense gratitude to all individuals, theme was divided into sixteen sub- conditions of Nigerians. It should also groups and organizations that themes with over one hundred papers be based on a people centered contributed one way or the other to the presented. approach; success of the ceremony.

Prof. E.A. Unobe Prof. R.A. Dunmoye Dr. Aliyu Yahaya Chairman, Communique Committee Chairman, L.O.C. Head of Department

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 33 MEDIA Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Day BBC broadcast live on ABU FM radio t was indeed a memorable where it met with five students from receive the visiting BBC team experience for the Department t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f M a s s included Hajiya Radiyat Adamu, of Mass Communication, when Communication, and jointly Aliyu Abdulrahman, Dayyabu I th on Tuesday, 18 September its five produced a live discussion on the Abdullahi, Faruk Nanoh Bello, undergraduate students featured on afternoon transmission of BBC Ahmed Waziri, Surayya Gidado an ABU FM radio live programme Hausa Service. The Hausa live Bello, Madiha Zaruk, Hasiya Ali anchored by a team of BBC discussion centered on the latest and Lawal Ahmed. journalists. figures released by the National Senior broadcast journalist The coming of the BBC team to Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on the Muhammad Kabir Muhammad led ABU FM radio station, which was state of employment in Nigeria. the BBC three-man team to anchor incidentally built by BBC World After the Tuesday's live the programme. Others included Service Trust in 2004 to help in programme, a detailed discussion Fauziyya Kabir Tukur and training broadcasters, was in on the same subject was pre- Abdulsalam Usman Abdulkadir. response to the invitation of Vice- recorded and aired in the morning And the students who participated Chancellor Professor Ibrahim transmission of BBC Hausa Service on the radio discussion were Isah Garba who was in the Abuja BBC the following day, Wednesday, 19th Lurwanu, Aisha Abubakar Bomo, office sometime in July where he September; and another pre- Rabi Abdu Awatai, Hajara Sani and

Muhammad Kabir Muhammad (second from left) anchoring the programme with some students of Mass Communication in the studio was interviewed on the 3+2 joint recorded discussion on how female Majeeda Musa. degree programme in railway and students see the role of women in Speaking shortly after the transportation engineering by ABU community leadership was also programme, the BBC team leader, and Central South University, aired on Thursday, 20th September. Muhammad Kabir Muhammad, Changsha, China. All the three programmes have explained that the programme About a couple of months later, made an impact not only on the BBC would forge some sort of partnership an opportunity to visit the audience who tremendously between the foreign radio station community radio station arose when enjoyed voices from quarters not and the university community. Safiyya Jibril, a Zaria resident, won often heard in its transmission but The discussion, according to the annual BBC Hausa Short Story also among its teeming staff. him, had allowed the participating Writing Contest for Women, On arrival, the team was students to see first-hand how BBC Hikayata. And it has been the received by General Manager, ABU works and also ask questions in tradition of the foreign radio station FM Radio Station, Malam Nasiru addition to giving the BBC Hausa to dispatch its team to go and Abdul, in company of his Manager, audience the opportunity to hear interview the winner at home. News and Programmes, Malam from young people which, he said, The team visiting Zaria first Musa Alhassan. Others on the was one of the “most important aims came to ABU FM radio station general manager's entourage to of BBC generally”.

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 34 SPEECH AND PRIZE-GIVING DAY Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Vice-Chancellor: We are set to restore ABU Staff School standard hmadu Bello University S c h o o l P a r e n t s Te a c h e r s Professor Garba said the will continue to assist in Association and alumni to do more school, which has a management Arestoring both the standard than ever before for the school, as board responsible for the and structure of ABU Staff School the university could not provide all formulation and implementation of as a research and consultancy centre the complementary needs of the policy matters concerned with its for students and staff of the school and pupils but could only running, was established primarily university on the challenges of new supplement where the need arose. to, among many others, provide trends in development of childhood “All parents should be education for the children of staff of education, Vice-Chancellor, reminded that it is their statutory the university. Professor Ibrahim Garba, has said. function to give and provide sound The school, according to him, Speaking at the school's 31st education to their progeny. I also was established to also train the Annual Speech and Prize-Giving appeal to the stakeholders to make children to be able to fit into the Day Ceremony at the Main Campus their own contribution to the secondary school education with of the school, the Vice-Chancellor, development of the school as the minimum difficulty as well as to however, appealed to ABU Staff bedrock of our education,” he said. inculcate in them a good healthy habit that would lead them to become good and useful citizens when they grew up. The Vice-Chancellor, who was represented by Deputy Vice- Chancellor, Administration, Professor Kabir Bala at the occasion, said the school was to further provide the curriculum suitable to the international nature of the school so that any children leaving the school for any other institution in any part of the world where English is being used as medium of instruction would fit in with minimum difficulty. Professor Garba expressed gratitude that many graduands of the school had excelled in one profession or the other both locally and internationally. Some of them, according to him, included the school's alumni chairman, Professor Kolawole of Department of Physics, Ahmadu Bello University; former Minister of State for Education, Hajiya Aisha Dukku; Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Hajiya Hadiza Bala Usman; a veteran journalist, Mrs. Eugenia Abu; and a US-based Nigerian, Dr Jibril Odogba, who had recently donated some consignments of story books to the school. Turning to the parents, the Vice- Chancellor, however, warned those parents who showed care-free Prof. Kabir Bala, DVC Administration attitude towards the upbringing of Continued on page 36 ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 35 SPEECH AND PRIZE-GIVING DAY Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 35 Vice-Chancellor: We are set to restore ABU Staff School standard their children to desist from doing so, saying this was based on the security report reaching the university. He expressed regrets that a parent would abandon his child up to 6pm in the pretence that he had forgotten about him or her, saying the University would no longer “entertain this heinous act.” W h i l e e x p r e s s i n g h i s administration's sincere gratitude and appreciation to management and entire staff of the school for their relentless effort and strive in discharging the trust vested on them diligently, Professor Garba congratulated the graduating pupils and prize winners and prayed to God to continue to direct and help them DVC Academics, Prof. E. B. Amans (left), in the midst of guests at the occasion in their future endeavours. The Vice-Chancellor equally a p p r e c i a t e d t h e i m m e n s e contributions of the school management board, especially its chairman, Professor Yahaya K Kajuru for his effort in ensuring all went well in the school. “So also the Parents Teachers Association of both Kongo and Main Campus branches who have just constructed a befitting teachers' closet at BZ Annexe,” he said. Professor Garba, finally, expressed gratitude to management of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), especially the Executive Secretary, Dr Hamid Bobbay, for expanding huge amount Some pupils performing at the event of money to renovate and refurbish the school's old blocks at BZ

Annexe. “

All parents should be reminded that it is their statutory function to give and provide sound education to their progeny. I also appeal to the stakeholders to make their own contribution to the development of the school as the bedrock of our education Some parents that graced the occasion

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 36 SPEECH AND PRIZE-GIVING DAY Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Objectives for which ABU Staff School was established have been achieved –Headmaster he basic objectives for which Ahmadu Bello University TStaff School was established have long been achieved going by the functions of the school over the years, the Headmaster of the 60- year-old primary school, Malam Muhammad Sani Mahmud, has said. Mahmud explained that diploma and undergraduate students from Institute of Education, Department of Education, and Department of Physical and Health Education all in Ahmadu Bello University used the school's facilities for practical teaching in addition to regular patronage of the school by many Colleges of Education for the same purpose. Malam Mahmud, who spoke at the school's 31st Annual Speech and Prize-Giving Day when different prizes and certificates were presented to some pupils who had excelled in various subjects, said postgraduate students, especially from faculties of education, Mal. Muhammad Sani Mahmud, Headmaster, ABU Staff School m e d i c i n e , p h a r m a c y a n d Department of Theatre and units of the institution; and to the Research Council, Primary School Performing Arts, equally conducted outside university, at least five Curriculum by the Institute of various researches related to child percent of the school's admission E d u c a t i o n , A h m a d u B e l l o was allocated to children of non- U n i v e r s i t y, K a d u n a S t a t e development, child education, and staff in the community, he also said. Curriculum for Primary School, family background education. Speaking on staff development, Curriculum for International “Also, Department of Library the headmaster said on realizing the Schools by International School and Information Science posts significance of training and re- Services as well as other relevant students to the school on training teachers to keep them documents and books that helped attachment. In short, most of the abreast with contemporary changes enrich its curriculum. departments of the university carry in new methodology and approach The headmaster, who said the out some researches in the school. to teaching the school encouraged institution was made a practicing The play sculpture in the school was teachers to further their education school attached to Faculty of a postgraduate project by a student on part time basis. Education to cater for both from Department of Architecture. He went on to explain that the undergraduate and postgraduate “And, outside the university, school's membership in the students' research in child study, federal and state universities, state university Quality Assurance also said the curriculum was being ministries of education, primary Committee had been a source of revised after a few years depending school management boards, World tremendous improvement to the on the changes in the country's Bank officers and many others overall development of the school, educational system. consult the school for assistance on saying the membership had The headmaster expressed vital issues that have to do with positively affected the teaching and immense gratitude to the Vice- primary education,” he said. learning of the pupils as it had Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim On community service, he said greatly enhanced the supervision of Garba, for his administration's the school played a significant role the academic work of teachers. continued support towards the in the university community and the The headmaster said the sustenance of the school, especially community housing the university. school's curriculum was drawn from in the area of recruitment of teachers For university, the school had an the Primary School Curriculum and other key administrative excellent relationship with different Guidelines by Nigerian Educational matters.

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 37 SPEECH AND PRIZE-GIVING DAY Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Children and Discipline Problems in Primary School Below is a lecture presented by Prof. Raymond B. Bako of Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, as a guest speaker at the 31st Annual Speech and Prize-Giving Day Ceremony of ABU Staff School, on Wednesday, 18th July, 2018:

Introduction Discipline problems in schools is an ongoing topic of discussion both within and outside the school community. The effectiveness of a school may often be judged on how discipline is maintained among pupils. However, school discipline is a complex issue. It is not merely a Prof. Raymond B. Bako matter of control and ensuring orderly behavior and environment. Discipline cases to a situation where disruptive "discipline in schools is a shared, is at the core of the education process behaviour and discipline problems collective responsibility." It is not itself. Without discipline, particularly are taking over the school to the only in the interest of those directly self-discipline, there can be no detriment of teaching and learning. In involved in education to support meaningful teaching and learning. addition, increasing social problems discipline in schools, but also in the It is the case that while some outside school are contributing to a interest of all members of society. schools and classrooms may have breakdown in the behaviour of pupils, School Policies Regarding serious discipline problems, others which is impacting on discipline in Discipline. It is recommended that a may have very little? This doesn't classrooms. It is a tribute to primary school should have a written code of happen by accident. Well-managed school teachers that they cope very discipline. This is not only to guide schools and classrooms have a well with the challenges such changes pupils as they register in the school minimum of discipline issues because create at school level. but also to help teachers in dealing the school and teachers have done a with disciplinary problems when they tremendous job of intentionally a r i s e . I m p l e m e n t a t i o n a n d What is Discipline? enforcement of the code are very preventing them. (Story of Eastside It is necessary to reflect on what is High School). important for its success while Going further, we need to know meant by the term' discipline'. parental involvement and support is a the social context in which our kids Discipline can be viewed as a means major factor in the success of any operate today before we can ask the of control, of which there are discipline code. Children as well questions, what is discipline? Does generally three kinds: should be well aware when they were ABU Staff school have disciplinary 1. Coercive control, which is based on in breach of the code. policies to preserve discipline? What the use of threats; are the common disciplinary 2. Utilitarian control, which is based Discipline Problems in Primary problems in primary schools? What on the use of material rewards; and Schools should teachers know or do to 3. Symbolic control, which focuses on 1. Physical assault on a colleague mitigate discipline problems? How prestige, esteem or social symbols by a pupil. can teachers help pupils to avoid such as love and acceptance. 2. Physical assault on the teacher by discipline problems and what should The definition given by Martin a pupil (1997) is also useful: 3. Vandalism to teacher's property be the role of parents/guardians and 4. Pupil entering after hours to care-givers in preventing discipline “At one level, discipline in school is. steal/vandalize problems in schools? linked.to the creation of an orderly 5. Vandalism to school property environment that permits teaching 6. Extortion Changing Social Context and learning to occur, but, at another 7. Theft of teachers' property The primary school pupils of today more fundamental level, it is centrally 8. Theft of colleague's property are a product of the 21st century linked to issues of social cohesion, 9. P h y s i c a l b u l l y i n g o f society in which we live, with endless justice and equality (4).” child/children sources of visual stimulation and These definitions of discipline 10. Theft of school property distraction at their disposal in the show the complexity of the concept. 11. Talking out of turn form of television, videos, computers This complexity becomes almost 12. Unruliness in yard and mobile devices. Concentration immediately evident to schools when 13. Avoidance of work levels in pupils are, therefore, more they begin to develop policies on 14. Unruliness in corridors difficult to maintain leading in some discipline. As stated by Martin, 15. Lack of punctuality Continued on page 39 ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 38 SPEECH AND PRIZE-GIVING DAY Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Continued from page 38 Children and Discipline Problems in Primary School 16. Infringement of school rules 17. Unduly negative response to correction 18. Name calling 19. Lying 20. Exclusion of child. Causes of Discipline Problems in Primary Schools 1. Lack of discipline in pupils' homes 2. Lack of self-discipline in pupils 3. The influence of TV, videos and the internet, etc. 4. Different attitudes to discipline between home and school 5. Lack of access to the School Psychological Service 6. Large classes Some of the Staff School graduating pupils performing at the assembly ground 7. Lack of effective sanctions 8. Lack of parental support Simple Strategies to Promote 10. Follow through on your promises 9. Lack of parental involvement in Positive Behavior and rules (barring unforeseen matters of discipline 1. Verbally acknowledge children's consequences) and stay away 10. Too many interruptions efforts from empty threats. 11. Lack of in-service training on 2. Use positive body language to school discipline show approval for positive Conclusion 12. Lack of consistency among the behavior There is no doubt that discipline 3. U s e h u m o r w i t h y o u r teaching staff in relation to remains an issue of great concern to child/student(s) teachers. For the majority of teachers, discipline 4. Show your child/student(s) that 13. Lack of pre-service training on however, discipline issues form part you are happy to see them of normal teacher-pupil interaction on school discipline 5. Remind your child/student(s) a daily basis in the school and 14. Not enough physical space in the that they should be proud of classroom. Nevertheless, there are a school themselves 6. Take an interest in your minority of pupils who present with 15. Lack of support from the school more severe disciplinary difficulties, principal/authorities child's/students' interests 7. A c k n o w l e d g e y o u r which require support over arid above 16. Lack of toilet facilities in the that which can be provided by the school child/student(s) feelings with class teacher. The support of 17. Substance abuse among children empathy authorities, parents/guardians is 18. Teachers in poor health 8. Be open minded and don't pass crucial in maintaining discipline in 19. Insufficient books, equipment j u d g e m e n t o n y o u r children/student(s) if their schools. Without discipline our and materials thoughts, values, feelings, or children are likely to end up not 21. Lack of in-service training on ideas don't match yours achieving their goals in life. We all curriculum issues 9. Be a role model for good have a responsibility to prevent that 22. Lack of school policy on school behavior from happening. discipline 23. Lack of adequate lesson preparation by teachers 24. Poor relations between teachers and pupils.

How To Prevent Discipline Problems The Role of Teachers 1. Be organized 2. Deal with problems while they're still small 3. Have good control procedures 4. Teach your procedures well 5. Keep your students engaged 6. Move around the classroom 7. Develop a rapport with your students 8. Be professional 9. Require students to clear their desks 10. Establish structure first. One of the prize winners receiving his gift

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 39 SEND-FORTH Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria ABU honours out-gone council member

send-forth was recently Awopegba, Alhaji Babagoro organised for Dr Joyce C Muazu, and Alhaji Sani Ibrahim ANdefo by Council Affairs Amin. Department in appreciation of her In his brief remarks, the Vice selfless services to Ahmadu Bello Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim University. Garba, expressed confidence in the Dr Ndefo served on ABU capacity of the Dr Ndefo and Governing Council as member extolled her tremendous support representing Federal Ministry of and contribution to the development Education from January to August, of the University. 2018; and her exit from the council Also speaking, Dr Bashir followed her retirement from Usman Kurfi said he had enjoyed government services as a federal working with her as a nice and director. straightforward person, saying the members of the council would The out-gone council member continue to remember her for the was presented with a plaque and a selfless services she rendered as handout of souvenir in appreciation council member. of her modest contribution to the In her response, Dr Ndefo development of the University Dr. Joyce C. Ndefo expressed appreciation with during short stay as member of the gratitude to all the council members governing body. and the University in general for the The short but colourful event Other members who graced the kind gesture. She said she had learnt was presided over by Pro- occasion included Professor Kabir a lot during her short stay as member Chancellor and Chairman of Bala, Dr Bashir Usman Kurfi, Prof. of ABU governing council and she Council Alhaji Adamu Fika with M L Amin, Professor Kola T would never forget the University Vice-Chancellor Professor Ibrahim Odofin, Professor Saleh A Ado, and the experience she had acquired Garba, Registrar Malam Abdullahi Professor M B Uthman and there. Ahmed Kundila and other council Professor I U Abubakar. The rest “This is a home to me; and I will members who turned up at the were Professor A T Mora, Mr. ever come back; I am not gone; I am occasion to felicitate with her. Joseph I Sabe, Pharm. (Mrs.) Funke still with you,” she said.

A group photograph of the council members with Dr Joyce C Ndefo at the centre

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 40 APPOINTMENT/RETIREMENT/WITHDRAWAL Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

EFFECTIVE S/N NAME STATUS OF APPOIN TMENT DATE OF APPT. 1 D r. Rashee dah Liman Head, Department of Theatre and Performing 02/08/18

Arts 2 Dr. Tavershima Dzenda Re-A ppt. Head, Department of Veterinary 02/08/18 Physiology 3 Prof. Tajudeen Yaqub Surakat Re-Appt. Hea d, Department of English and 03/08/18 Literary Studies 4 Prof Abubakar Aliyu Liman Dean, Faculty of Arts 05/08/18 5 Pro f. Kola T. Odofin Deputy Dean, Faculty of Arts 05/08/1 8 6 Pro f. Musa Adamu Ma mman Assistant Dean (Postgraduate) , Faculty of Arts 05/08/1 8 7 M rs. Mariam Laraba Birma Assistant Dean (Undergraduat e), Faculty of A rts 05/08/1 8 8 Pro f. O. O. Okubanjo Deputy Dean, Faculty of Veterin ary Medicine 05/08/1 8 9 Dr . Sulaiman Muhamm ad Hadi Assistant Dean (Postgraduate), Faculty of 05/08/1 8 Veterinary Med icine 10 Dr. Ahmed Bello Dogarawa Deputy Dean, ABU B usiness School 05/08/18 11 D r . Idris Ahmed Assistant Dean, ABU Business Scho ol 05/08/1 8

12 Prof. Rabiu Nasiru Head, Department of Physics 07/08/18

13 Dr. Abubakar Ibrahim Zaria Acting Head, Department of Philosophy 14/08/18

14 D r . Kulomri Jipato Adogbo Re-Appt. Head, Dept of Quantity Surveyin g 27/08/1 8 15 P ro f. Appt. Head, Dept of Veterinary Public Health 30/08/1 8 and Preventive Medicine 16 P ro f. Bala Babaji Dean, Faculty of Law 30/08/1 8 17 D r . Ibrahim Abdulkarim Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law 30/08/1 8 18 D r . James Oliver Nzalak Re-Appt., Head, Dept of Veterinary Anatomy 05/09/1 8 19 P ro f. Mohammed Bello Uthman Director, Centre for Islamic Legal Studies 07/09/1 8 20 P ro f. Abdullahi Idris Re-Appt. Deputy Director (Quality Assurance), 10/09/1 8 Directorate of Academic Planning & Monitorin g 21 P ro f. Abdulraheem Giwa Head, Dept of Polymer and Textile Engineering 17/09/1 8 22 D r . S. Aondoawase Apinega Head, Dept of Commercial Law 17/09/1 8 23 D r . Musa Idris Head, Dept of Public Administration 04/10/1 8 24 D r . Sani Ibrahim Head, Dept Vocational and Technical Education 04/10/1 8 25 D r . Donatus Begianpuye Adie Re-Appt. Coordinator, General Studies (Gens) 16/10/1 8 Courses

26 Prof. Mohammed K. Othman Re-Appt. Director, NAERLS 18/10/18

VOLUNTARY/MANDATORY RETIREMENT/WITHDRAWAL FROM SERVICE

S/N NAME DEPARTMENT EFFEC TIVE DAT E 1 Mal. Isa Sule Staff School 03/08/1 8 2 Mr. Simon Adoche Oc he DAC/ABU 05/08/1 8 3 Mr. Yakubu Ogah Transport Unit 05/08/1 8 4 Prof. Joseph Duro Olarewaju Department of Plant Science, IAR/ABU 13/08/1 8 5 Mal. Sani Mustapha Gwarzo Physics Unit, Schoo l of Basic & Remedial 06/09/18 Studies, Funtua 6 Prof. Juliana U. Okp api Dept of Medicin e 16/09/1 8 7 Mal. Bala Adamu NAPRI/ABU 01/10/1 8 8 Mr. Emmanuel J. Ay eni Institute for Agricultural R esearch 05/11/1 8 9 Mr. Aremu Jimoh Dept. of Civil Eng ineering 19/12/1 8 10 Mal. Ayuba Isiyaku Estate Depart ment 29/12/1 8 11 Mr. Joseph Ndam Security Unit 31/12/18

ABU NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2018 41 PHOTO Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibrahim Garba (right), receiving five million Naira cheque from Engr. Lamu Audu, MD/CEO, Mainstream Energy TheSolutions University Limited, Invigilator in support-General! of ABU Monitoring ENACTUS Tsecondeam trip semester to Silicon exams Valley in, United one o fStates, the venues for the world competition

Mr. Zhao Wenjie (Jumare) during one of the Chinese language classes with the 45 ABU students warming up for the ‘3+2’ joint degree programme in railway and transportation engineering in CSU, Changsha, China

Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, planting a tree seedling Registrar, A.A. Kundila (right), signing memorandum of understanding during the 2018 Tree Planting Campaign between ABU and Federal Polytechnics Offa and Bauchi recently

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