Jigawa varsity gets new VC

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The Governing Council of the Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, has approved the appointment of Prof. Muhammad Gumel as the institution’s fourth substantive Vice-Chancellor.

The Chairman of the council, Prof. Shu’aibu Abdulrahim, disclosed this on Saturday in Dutse.

He said the approval was granted at an extraordinary meeting of the council held on Saturday at the university’s Dutse campus.

According to Abdulrahim, the appointment will take effect from February 10, 2026.

“The selection followed a rigorous and meticulous process in which 21 applicants were shortlisted and interviewed, yet Gumel emerged,” he said.

He congratulated the new Vice-Chancellor and charged him to discharge his duties diligently.

In his remarks, Gumel pledged to build on the achievements of the outgoing Vice-Chancellor.

Gumel is an alumnus of the University of Malaya, Malaysia, where he obtained a Master’s degree in Biotechnology and a PhD in Industrial Biotechnology, specialising in Biocatalysis and Bioprocess Technology, in 2009 and 2013, respectively.

He was also a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Malaya in 2014.

(NAN)

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