Inside: - University of Maiduguri

March, 2019

Vol. VII No. 3

A M o n t h l y P u b l i c a t i o n f r o m t h e O f f i c e o f t h e V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r

© University of Maiduguri, Nigeria - www.unimaid.edu.ng

Inside:

“Be guided by the oath and ethics of your chosen career” - Prof. Njodi ...p 2

University of Maiduguri Holds its 2018/2019 Orientation Ceremony ...p 4

Unimaid Signs MoU with International Institute of Islamic Thought ...p6

Committee on Revitalization of Public Universities Submits Report ...p 16

...p 18

MISSION STATEMENT

The University of Maiduguri shall be an institution dedicated to scholarship and learning in the arts, sciences,

humanities and technology, and the development of moral and civic character of all persons who pass

through her portals. The University shall facilitate and advance scholarship and learning, especially in the

light of her location in the Sahelian environment in the North-Eastern Nigeria, and at the cross-roads of Afri-

ca and Middle-Eastern culture.

VISION STATEMENT

The University of Maiduguri apart from achieving competence in the basic arts and sciences, aims at excel-

lence in agriculture, pastoralism, engineering, human and veterinary medicine and information technology as

well as in arid zone, trans-Saharan and inter-African peace and strategic studies. The University also aims to

promote the development of private and public morality, discipline, accountability and probity, and also

international cooperation through participation, research and dissemination of information.

All letters should be addressed to: Published by: The Office of the Vice-Chancellor,

The Deputy Director, Information Unit, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria

Senate Building, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. email: [email protected] email: [email protected]

Vol. VII No. 3

The resumption of academic activities on University of Maiduguri campus and its affiliated colleges of edu-

cation following the suspension of ASUU strike ushered in matriculation and orientation ceremonies of its

newly admitted students for the 2018/2019 session. The signing of the memorandum of understanding be-

tween University of Maiduguri and International Institute of Islamic Thought reaffirmed the willingness by

both parties to jointly carry out evidence-based research in advancing education in our societies, policy rec-

ommendations and strategic engagements.

The University of Maiduguri management in its continuous efforts to boost capacity building amongst its staff

organized a boot-camp hands-on training workshop on digital skills acquisition and instructional technology.

The month also witnessed the submission of report by the Committee on Funding of Revitalization of Public

Universities and research collaboration with UNESCO on Lake Chad, and Rural Electrification Agency on

improved electricity supply to the University campus respectively.

The Bulletin shares with you a life-time escapade of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Admin), Professor Abdul-

lahi H. Godowoli extracted in an exclusive interview in his office. This issue of the Bulletin is loaded with the

experiences and professional opinions of a neuro-pharmacologist on drug abuse, addiction and its conse-

quences in the society as well as a congratulatory visit to the wife of the Borno State Governor-elect.

Editorial Board

Professor Musa I. Ahmed - Chairman

Professor Mohammed L. Mele - Member

Dr. Mary P. Ndahi - Member

Mall. Musa Usman - Member

Mall. Mohammed T. Ahmed - Member

Fati Aliyu - Secretary

EDITORIAL DESK

Mall. Mohammed T. Ahmed, mnipr - Deputy Director, Information

Alh. Suleiman Garba - Chief Photographer

Ahmadu Abubakar - Photographer

Mohammed M. Lawan - Photographer

Bintu Mohammed (Mrs.) - Reporter

Rabi U. Yusuf (Mrs.) - Reporter

Abdulmumin Kolo Gulani - Reporter

Abubakar Mustapha - Reporter

Faculty/Directorate Representatives - Reporters

Kyari Ali - Circulation

Professor Musa I. Ahmed - Design, Development & Integration

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T he University of Maiduguri has on

Friday 22nd March 2019 matriculat-

ed 9,781 newly admitted students

for the 2018/2019 academic session out of the

more than 40,000 that applied for admission. The

Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Ibra-

him Abubakar Njodi, made this known while ad-

vising the new students to uphold the rules and

regulations of the institution at the 38th matricula-

tion ceremony of the university. The occasion which

was held at the University Convocation Square

was attended by the principal officers, deans,

directors, students, among several others.

In his address, the Vice Chancellor of the Universi-

ty noted that the main focus of the matriculation

ceremony is the oath taking by the students.

He urged the students to understand that they are

at the University to pursue learning and

knowledge diligently and be of good behaviour.

He charged the students to be guided strictly by

the oath and ethics of their various chosen careers.

Professor Njodi commiserated with those who were

unable to secure admission into the institution

stressing that the University cannot overshoot the

“BE GUIDED BY THE OATH AND ETHICS OF YOUR CHOSEN CAREER.” - PROF. NJODI

The Vice Chancellor Professor Ibrahim A. Njodi followed by Professor Abdullahi H. Godowole DVC (Admin) and Professor Aliyu Shugaba DVC (Acad) in a procession with other principal officers of the University at the venue of the event.

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quota allocated to it by the National Universities

Commission (NUC).

He disclosed that the candidates who gained ad-

mission were admitted into the session through

100 and 200 levels degree programmes of the

University and were drawn from the Unified Ter-

tiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Direct

Entry (DE) as well as placement of Remedial Arts

and Science students.

(Cont’d from Page 2)

Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor congratulated the

newly admitted students on their oath taking and

called on them to live peacefully with one another

by remaining their brother’s keeper. He also

urged them to be vigilant and security conscious

by reporting any suspicious acts to the appropri-

ate authorities.

A cross-section of the matriculating students taking the oath of allegiance in their chosen career

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“BE GUIDED BY THE OATH AND ETHICS OF YOUR CHOSEN CAREER.” - PROF. NJODI

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T he Vice Chancellor University of Mai-

duguri, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar

Njodi, has sensitized the newly admit-

ted students on their rights and privileges as stu-

dents of the institution.

The Vice Chancellor made this disclosure at the

opening ceremony of an orientation programme

organized by Counselling and Human Develop-

ment Centre in conjunction with Students Affairs

Division of the University for new/transferred stu-

dents of the 2018/2019 academic session.

Professor Njodi who was represented at the occa-

sion by the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Ser-

vices, Professor Aliyu Shugaba, said the students

have the right to be taught, right to be informed

about the workings of the University, right to ben-

efit from student support services, privilege to be-

long to legitimate students’ associations, privilege

to benefit from university student welfare services

and many other benefits.

He added that the orientation programme is an

important event on the University Calendar stress-

ing that it provides both the newly and trans-

ferred students information on the procedures and

processes of pursuing or conducting students’ aca-

demic and other activities, knowing about the divi-

sions and units in the University and social services

rendered to students by the University.

The Vice Chancellor further implored the students

to attend all the sessions, from the beginning to the

end, because it is the measure put in place to em-

power all students academically, socially and mor-

ally.

Speaking at the event, the Dean of Student Af-

fairs, Professor Mohammed Ahmed Umar and the

Director, Counselling and Human Development

Centre, Mr. David W. Bwala, said the centres

have invited distinguished personalities as resource

persons who will discuss the various students sup-

port services with a view to providing information

on several topics. The topics to be discussed in-

clude: Life on Campus, Observance of Rules and

Regulations by Students, Role of University Securi-

ty Division in the Welfare of Students, Medical

Services Available for Students at the University

Medical Centre and Awareness on HIV/AIDS. Oth-

er topics are CGPA Grading System, Examinations

Related Misconduct, Library Services, Sports, Role

of Students Union Government, among others.

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UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI HOLDS ITS 2018/2019 ORIENTATION CEREMONY

The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Aliyu Shugaba delivering the Vice Chancellor’s speech

The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Aliyu Shugaba in company of the Dean, Students’ Affairs, Professor Mo-hammed Ahmed Umar and Director, Counselling & Hu-

man Development CentreMr. David W. Bwala

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The Vice Chancellor University of Maiduguri, Pro-

fessor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi said the University

will collaborate with UNESCO and other agencies

to carry out Biopalt Project in the Lake Chad Basin

for the benefit of the region. He stated this when

members of UNESCO paid a courtesy visit to him

in his office, on Monday 1st April, 2019.

The Vice Chancellor who was represented by the

Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Services, Pro-

fessor Aliyu Shugaba, disclosed that University of

Maiduguri is currently working with so many other

agencies for the revival of the Lake Chad Basin,

adding that the area is very important in the re-

gion. He further added that the main objective of

the BIOPALT project is to strengthen the capacity

of member states of the Lake Chad Basin Commis-

sion (LCBC) to safeguard and manage the hydro-

logical, biological and cultural resources of the

Lake Chad Basin in a responsible and sustainable

manner. Professor Shugaba said, it is part of the

mandate of the project to reduce poverty and

promote peace in the basin. He reiterated that

Lake Chad Basin is important economically and

ecologically at the crossroads of Cameroon,

Chad, the Central African Republic, Niger and

Nigeria, providing livelihoods to more than 40

million inhabitants and its ecosystems shelter a

diversity of wildlife in the region. Professor

Shugaba urged them to work closely with re-

source persons which can be drawn from the vari-

ous faculties in the University in order to achieve

their vision, stressing that the University has the

manpower and wherewithal to conduct their activ-

ities in the region.

Also speaking, the UNESCO Biopalt Project Of-

ficer, Dr. Enang Moma said the significance of the

project is to get across to the community and in-

form them about the importance of the Lake Chad

Basin which she said is to be designated “World

Heritage Domain”.

Dr. Mama said, the BIOPALT project involves a

wide range of activities ranging from the estab-

lishment of an early warning system for droughts

and floods, to the restoration of degraded ecosys-

tems such as the habitats of elephant and Kouri

cattle (Bos taurus) which is a representative en-

demic species that plays an important role in so-

cial cohesion. She said, BIOPALT also focuses at-

tention on income-generating activities through the

promotion of a green economy and the develop-

ment of the basin’s natural resources.

It is envisaged that the project will help member

countries prepare their application files for the

creation of a transboundary biosphere reserve in

the basin and nomination files for the designation

of Lake Chad as a World Heritage site. BIOPALT

is implemented via a multi-sectoral approach in-

volving all UNESCO sectors at headquarters and

in the field.

Dr. Moma added that they will work closely with

University staff and Students in order to achieve

their vision. She then thanked the Vice Chancellor

and his team for the support and cooperation giv-

en to them to carry out the project.

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The UNESCO BIOPALT project officer, Dr. Enang Mama addressing members of the University management on the purpose of their visit while the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Acad), Professor Aliyu Shugaba (center) & other principal officers look on.

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T he University of Maiduguri has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Institute of Islamic

Thought (IIIT).

IIIT is a centre of excellence in educational re-search and Islamic thought whose main interest is on carrying out evidence-based research in ad-vancing education in Muslim societies and the dis-semination of this research through publication and translation, teaching, policy recommendations

and strategic engagements.

The Vice Chancellor University of Maiduguri, Pro-fessor Ibrahim Njodi, and the National Coordina-tor of International Institute of Islamic Thoughts (IIIT), Professor Salisu Shehu, signed on behalf of

the two institutions.

In a related development, the Vice Chancellor, University of Maiduguri has also declared open a four day collaborative workshop on capacity

building between University of Maiduguri

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UNIMAID SIGNS MoU WITH INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT

The Vice Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim A. Njodi and Professor Salisu Shehu signing the MoU on behalf of the two institutions while the Director Partnerships, Linkages and Alumni Affairs, Dr. Mustapha Shehu Liberty looks on.


and International Institute of Islamic Thought for lecturers in the northeast zone for teaching Islamic

economics, banking and finance courses.

The Vice Chancellor was represented by the Di-rector SERVICOM of the University, Professor Mo-hammed Munkaila. He said the essence of the workshop is to spearhead in advocating worth-while collaboration that will contribute to the pro-motion and dissemination of useful knowledge for

the benefit of town and gown.

The Vice Chancellor further urged the partici-pants to be good ambassadors of the workshop

by promoting what they have learnt.

Speaking during the event, the National Coordi-nator of the institute, Professor Salisu Shehu said the collaboration with University of Maiduguri

will give birth to amazing academic benefits.

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Also speaking, participants have been called up-on to use the knowledge acquired during the In-ternational Institute of Islamic Thought workshop to

make positive impact on their generation.

This assertion was made by the acting Director Partnerships, Linkages and Alumni Affairs of the

University, Dr Mustapha Shehu Liberty.

Dr. Liberty also called on the participants of the event to make sure they play a key role in boost-ing the capacity of International Institute of Islamic

Thought.

In a dinner organized by the University of Maidu-

guri management, Professor Njodi appreciated

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the collaboration and commended the efforts of the IIIT for their hard work towards actualising the

collaboration.

In his message, the National Coordinator of the

IIIT, Professor Shehu Salisu, thanked the Vice Chan-

cellor for the kind reception saying that such hon-

our only happens in UNIMAID.

UNIMAID SIGNS MoU WITH INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT

Representative of the Vice Chancellor, Professor Mohammed Munkaila and Dr. Mohammed Musa (Centre), Director Partnerships, Linkages and Alumni Affairs, Dr. Mustapha Shehu Liberty (Far right) in a group photograph with a cross-section of the participants at the workshop

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T he 10th Matriculation Ceremony for

the 2018/2019 academic session of

Aminu Saleh College of Education Az-

are was held on Saturday 30th March 2019 at the

College’s convocation venue.

The College is affiliated to the University of Maidu-

guri and thus the convocation ceremony was presid-

ed upon by the Vice Chancellor University of Mai-

duguri, Professor Ibrahim A. Njodi who was repre-

sented by the Director Affiliated Colleges, Profes-

sor A. B. Alhassan. In his opening remarks, the Vice

Chancellor said he was highly honoured and de-

lighted to address the august gathering on the oc-

casion of the 10th Matriculation Ceremony of the

College. He extended warm-hearted and friendly

greetings from the Management and Senate of the

University of Maiduguri.

In attendance at the event were a royal father, the

Galadima of Katagum, the Registrar, University of

Maiduguri, Tijjani Bukar represented by Director

Senate and Publications, Mr. Filibus Mshelia, Direc-

tor, Affiliated Colleges, University of Maiduguri,

Provost Aminu Saleh College of Education Azare,

Dr. Abdullahi Mohammed Isyaku, principal officers

of the College, Members of the College Academic

Board, Dean School of Undergraduate Studies as

well as staff and students of the College.

Matriculation is a ceremony usually performed to

formally receive new students into various degree

programmes of the University. It is usually a very

exciting moment for the new students, their par-

ents, relations and the entire university community.

In his speech, Professor Njodi welcomed the distin-

guished guests especially the parents and guardi-

ans of the matriculating students who came from

all over the state and beyond to witness the re-

markable moment in the annals of this College in

its affiliation to the amiable University of Maidu-

guri where men are made. He went on to say, “If

you want to be made, come to Unimaid”. The ma-

triculation ceremony marks the end of admission

exercise for the 2018/2019 academic session.

Professor Njodi observed that the matriculating

candidates have undergone rigorous admission

processes similar to that in the University in order

to be admitted and become members of the Uni-

versity of Maiduguri family. He thus congratulated

the matriculating students who were selected out

of the many candidates seeking admission into this

College and at the same time commiserate with

those who were not lucky to secure admission. Pro-

fessor Njodi in his speech

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Professor A.B. Alhassan, Director, Affiliated Colleges (Cont’d on Page 9)

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read by the Director Affiliated Colleges, Professor

Alhassan presented the matriculating students total-

ling eight hundred and twenty five (825) candi-

dates admitted into 100 and 200 level degree

programmes in affiliation to the University of Mai-

duguri through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation

Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) candi-

dates into the following programmes:

1. B.Sc. (Ed.) Agricultural Education- 47

2. B.Sc. (Ed.) Biology - 134

3. B.Sc. (Ed.) Chemistry Education- 55

4. B.Sc. (Ed.) Health Education - 102

5. B.Sc. (Ed.) Math Education - 22

6. B.Sc. (Ed.) Physics Education - 47

7. B.Sc. (Ed.) Physical Education- 14

8. B.Sc. (Ed.) Business - 54

9. B.Sc. (Ed.) Economics - 126

10. B.A. (Ed.) Arabic - 32

11. B.A. (Ed.) English - 74

12. B.A. (Ed.) Hausa - 36


13. B.A. (Ed.) Islamic Studies - 82

TOTAL = 825

Professor Njodi urged the students to be disci-

plined, law abiding and committed to their studies

as well as restrain themselves from vices such as

cultism, drug abuse, examination misconducts and

violent demonstrations. He warned that any stu-

dent or group of students that indulge in acts ca-

pable of breaching the peace of the College will

face the full wrath of the authority.

In a related development, another College of Edu-

cation, Umar Suleiman College of Education,

Gashua affiliated to University of Maiduguri held

its matriculation ceremony on the same day 30th

March, 2019. Professor Njodi in his speech read

by the Director Affiliated Colleges, Professor

Alhassan, presented the matriculating students to-

talling four hundred and seven (407) candidates

admitted into 100 and 200 level degree pro

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Mr. Filibus Mshelia, Director Senate and Publications delivering his speech at the matriculation ceremony

Provost, Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare, Dr. Abdullahi Mohammed Isyaku delivering his keynote address at the occasion.


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grammes in affiliation to the University of Maidugu-

ri through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exami-

nation (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) candidates into

the following disciplines:

1. B.Sc. (Ed.) Biology - 69

2. B.Sc. (Ed.) Chem Edu- 21

3. B.Sc. (Ed.) Health Edu- 46

4. B.Sc. (Ed.) Math Edu- 03

5. B.Sc. (Ed.) Phy Edu - 16

6. B.Sc. (Ed.) Physical Edu- 50

7. B.Sc. (Ed.) Business - 50

8. B.Sc. (Ed.) History - 11

9. B.Sc. (Ed.) Geography- 30

10. B.A. (Ed.) French - 09

11. B.A. (Ed.) English - 35

12. B.A. (Ed.) Hausa - 20

13. B.A. (Ed.) Islamic Studies- 47

TOTAL = 407

In attendance at the event were distinguished tra-

ditional title holders, the Registrar, University of

Maiduguri, Tijjani Bukar represented by Director

Senate and Academic Matters, Mr. Filibus Mshelia,

Director, Affiliated Colleges, University of Maidu-

guri, Provost Umar Suleiman College of Education,

Gashua, Dr. Muhammad Gishiwa, principal offic-

ers of the College, members of the College Aca-

demic Board as well as staff and students of the

College.

Finally, in his speech, Professor Njodi on behalf of

the Management and Senate of the University of

Maiduguri, congratulated the matriculating stu-

dents, parents, guardians and well-wishers on the

historic events and wished all the invited guests

journey mercies back to their various destinations.

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Provost, Umar Suleiman College of Education, Gashu’a, Dr. Muhammad Gishiwa delivering his keynote address

A cross-section of academic staff at Umar Suleiman Col-lege of Education, Gashu’a at the venue of the event.


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UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI ORGANIZED ORIENTATION CEREMONY FOR 2018/2019

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COMMITTEE ON FUNDING OF REVITALIZATION OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES SUBMITS REPORT

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T he Vice Chancellor University of Maidu-

guri, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi,

has commended the Centre for Instruc-

tional Technology of the University for their tremen-

dous support in the integration of e-learning in the

University. He made the commendation during the

opening ceremony of a 3-day workshop organized

by the centre on “Digital Skill Acquisition” which

held from 20th - 22nd March, 2019.

The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Services),

Professor Aliyu Shugaba representing the Vice

Chancellor Professor Ibrahim A. Njodi, welcomed

the resource persons - Associate Professor Rasheed

Gbenga Jimoh, Dean Faculty of Communication

and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin and

Raji Ridwan Adetunji, School of Multimedia Tech-

nology and Communication, University Utara, Ma-

laysia. Professor Shugaba urged the resource per-

sons to feel at home since University of Maiduguri

has a long-standing relationship with University of

Ilorin and some universities in Malaysia.

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(L-R) Dr. Mary Pindar Ndahi; Dr. Rasheed Gbenga Jimoh (Resource person); Professor Aliyu Shugaba (Deputy Vice

Chancellor, Acad); Professor Musa I. Ahmed (Director, Instructional Technology Centre); Dr. Ridwan Raji Olatunji

(Resource person) and Fati Aliyu Abba (Admin Officer, ITC).


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Professor Shugaba said the boot camp workshop

on instructional technology would not have come at

a better time than now because the Centre is at the

verge of getting some of its units equipped. In his

own words he said “the workshop is thus timely

since it is envisaged to provide some level of skills

to our newly recruited staff who will be charged

with the responsibility of running the skills acquisi-

tion laboratories in the University”. He further expli-

cated that the organizer of the workshop, Instruc-

tional Technology Centre emerged from a unit un-

der the office of the Vice Chancellor and is envi-

sioned to develop to the status of a “Centre of Ex-

cellence in Instructional Technology”. Professor

Shugaba said he has no doubt that the University

administration will do all that is required in equip-

ping and staffing the Centre to ensure that the ob-

jectives of the instrument establishing it is attained.

He drew the attention of the participants from the

Instructional Technology Centre, Centre for Distance

Learning, Department of Radiography, Information

Unit and Ramat Library to go through the entire

sessions of the 3-day workshop in order to benefit

maximally from the experiences of the resource

persons. Professor Shugaba further reiterated that

on their part, the University management will not

relent in its efforts towards capacity building and

will continue to encourage and support similar train-

ing workshops to enhance the skills of the University

staff.

He further stated that “the initiative of organizing

the workshop by the Director Instructional Technolo-

gy, Professor Musa I. Ahmed, is indeed commenda-

ble, and I urge other heads of centres and direc-

torates in the University to emulate it”. Professor

Shugaba prayed for successful and beneficial de-

liberations with the hope that many of the partici-

pants will acquire additional skills in the execution

of their responsibilities.

The representative of the Vice Chancellor, the

Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Services, Pro-

fessor Aliyu Shugaba, said that modern achieve-

ment in the field of computer and communication

technology have offered opportunities for learning

by electronic means. He added that e-learning

enables educators to get a higher degree of cov-

erage to communicate in a consistent way that all

learners receive the same type of training within a

learning mode. The Vice Chancellor then congratu-

lated the participants and urged them to put in

practice what they have learnt.

In his remarks, the Director, Instructional Technolo-

gy Centre, Professor M. I. Ahmed pointed out that

the workshop attracted participants from various

faculties, departments and units of the University.

Professor Ahmed further commended the Universi-

ty management for given them the necessary sup-

port to carry out the workshop and hope to organ-

ize similar workshops for capacity building in the

Centre. Intimating the representative of the Vice

Chancellor, Professor Ahmed gave an overview of

the areas to be covered in the workshop which

include digital skills acquisition, courseware pro-

cessing, privacy/web secu-

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The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Acad) presenting certifi-cate of appreciation to Dr. Rasheed Gbenga Jimoh supported by the Director ITC, Professor M. I. Ahmed



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rity, telemedicine and telepresence amongst others.

The beneficiary participants, he said, were drawn

from the Instructional Technology Centre, Depart-

ment of Radiography, Centre for Distance Learning,

Ramat e-Library, ICT Centre and Faculties of Arts

and Education.

During the closing ceremony, certificates of partici-

pation were awarded to the participants by repre-

sentative of the Vice Chancellor, Professor

Shugaba. In his closing remarks he urged the Centre

to organize many more similar training workshops

for staff of the Centre since the University manage-

ment is planning to equip the Centre very soon.

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The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Acad) Professor Aliyu Shugaba presenting certificate of appreciation to Dr. Chigozie Nwobi supported by the Director ITC, Profes-sor M. I. Ahmed


T he Vice Chancellor University of Maidu-

guri, Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi has

pointed out that the process of utiliza-

tion of the fund released to the university by the

Federal Government would be based on top priori-

ty areas of the faculties, departments and research

centre’s in the institution. The Vice Chancellor dis-

closed this during the submission of the work plan

designed by the committee on Revitalization of

the University on the 2nd April, 2019 in his office

at Muhammadu Buhari Senate Building of the

University. He noted that the funds which is the

outcome of the struggle put in by ASUU will make

it mandatory for all the faculties, departments,

units and research centres of the University that

has anything to do with the Academic activities to

be carried along, but however expressed fear

that this will not be possible due to inadequate

funding. Professor Njodi then expressed grati-

tude to the national body of the Academic Staff

Union of universities for the struggle they put in

which made it possible for Universities to be what

they are today.

The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Services,

Professor Aliyu Shugaba was accompanied by

the committee members to the Vice Chancellor’s

office …..


The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Acad), Professor Aliyu Shugaba presenting the Committee’s report to the Vice Chancellor Professor Ibrahim A. Njodi

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amongst whom are Professor Emmanuel Camble

(University Librarian), Professor Musa Isiyaku Ah-

med (Director, Instructional Technology Centre),

Professor Michael Peyni Noku (Director, Academ-

ic Planning Unit), Yahaya Yunusa Malgwi (Bursar),

Engr. Yahya Habu (Director Works, Physical Plan-

ning & Development), Arch. A. G. Mintar (Head,

Procurement Unit), Professor Abdu Dauda (Ex

ASUU Chairman), Dr. Dani Mamman (ASUU

Chairman), Umar Adamu (Quantity Surveyor) and

Bukar Wakil (Secretary).

Professor Shugaba stated that four hundred and ninety eight million Naira (N498,000,000) that was released to University of Maiduguri is out of the twenty Billion Naira (N20,000,000,000) that was disbursed purposely for rehabilitation of Public Universities in Nigeria by the Federal Gov-ernment. He informed the Vice Chancellor that the Committee went round the University and com-piled their reports before drawing up recommen-dations based on the appropriateness of the are-

as that they deemed will need intervention.

Professor Shugaba thanked the University Man-agement for finding the Committee worthy of the appointment and assured the Management of their readiness to handle other assignments when-

ever called upon to do so.


D r. Falmata Kyari Zulum, the wife of

Borno State Governor-elec,t Professor

Babagana Umara Zulum, said she is

committed to her academic pursuits and will remain

in the Department of Veterinary Parasitology and

Entomology throughout the tenure of her husband

as governor. Dr. Falmata Zulum made this assertion

when members of her department paid a courtesy

call to congratulate her on the victory of her hus-

band as the Borno State Governor-elect. The Borno

State first lady (in-waiting) said her passion for

teaching and research cannot be taken away

from her even in the face of other demanding

responsibilities she may likely encounter. She reit-

erated that she will remain in the Department

and that her doors will always be open to the

university community.

The Head, Department of Veterinary Parasitolo-

gy and Entomology, Dr. Joshua Luka was accom-

panied by teaching and non-teaching staff of the

Department. Dr. Luka said the Department is

The Vice Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim A. Njodi and the Chairman of the Committee, Professor Aliyu Shugaba (seated at the center) flanked by Registrar, Tijjani Bukar & Alhaji Usman (Dep. Bursar) on the right; and Professor E. Camble (University Librarian) & Professor Michael Noku (Director, Academic Planning) on the left. Other members of the Committee standing behind for a group photograph.


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T he Vice Chancellor University of Mai-

duguri, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar

Njodi, has reiterated the University’s

commitment to collaborate with other agencies on

upgrading electricity supply in the University. The

Vice Chancellor stated this when he received a del-

egation from Rural Electrification Agency at the

Muhammadu Buhari Senate Building of the Universi-

ty recently. Represented by the Deputy Vice Chan-

cellor Academic Services, Professor Aliyu Shugaba,

the Vice Chancellor noted that the University would

collaborate with the Rural Electrification Agency in

its efforts to enhance the standard of electricity

supply and the billing ability of electricity in the

University.

The Project Manager, Rural Electrification Agen-

cy, Muktar Shagaya, informed the Vice Chancel-

lor that they are in the University to conduct a

research based on the agreement reached be-

tween the Rural Electrification Agency and Na-

tional Universities Commission (NUC) on the pro-

ject called “Energized Education Programme”

which 37 Federal universities are expected to

participate in the project. He added that both

staff and students across the faculties of the Uni-

versity will participate in the research and used

the opportunity appreciate the support demon-

strated to them by management and students of

the University. The University he noted would en-

joy stable electricity after the research and its

implementation.

The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Acad), Professor Aliyu Shugaba in a group photograph with the Rural Electrification Agency and Unimaid Team

PERSONALITY PROFILE

W ho is the man Professor Abdullahi Haruna Godowoli? My name is Professor Abdullahi Ha-

runa Godowoli, the current Deputy Vice Chancel-lor Central Administration of the University of Maiduguri, born on 27th November 1954 in Go-dowoli Village of Fika Local Government in pre-sent day Yobe State. I am happily married and blessed with children. Can we know your educational background? I started my primary education in Jos Township School from the year 1962 to1966 and then Cen-tral Primary School Potiskum from 1966 to 1969. I later proceeded to Government Secondary School Yola and North East College of Arts and Science between the years 1974 to 1976. I joined the IJMB programme in Ahmadu Bello Uni-versity Zaria and obtained my B.A. (Hons) Histo-ry/Political Science in 1979. Later, I proceeded to University of London for both my M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Public Policy and Public Administration between 1981-1986.

What encouraged you to join the academic line? Well, I joined the academic service at a very young age, and I did because I was in love with

the acquisition of knowledge. As a young man, I had always wanted to acquire knowledge and the academic line affords one the opportunity to ac-quire not just one degree or two degrees but even a third degree; you can go on and on and on… and I have been going on and on since then. It’s what I envisaged and planned for. I had always promised my parents when I was young that I was going to be a doctor.

Wow….! Yes! Since I was in primary school and they used to ask me what sort of doctor. But I could not tell at that age whether I was going to be a medical doctor or veterinary doctor but I ended being a Doctor of Philosophy when I acquired my Ph.D. many years ago. So you can see it is something that I envisaged for myself and, thank God, through perseverance and hardwork, I have been able to attain my set objectives.

What have you so far achieved as an academi-cian?

Well! As an academician I have been able to rise

through the ranks. I started my academic career as

a Graduate Assistant and I have exhausted the

academic ladder by rising to be a Professor. I

started serving as a coordinator, from coordinator

to Head of Department, Deputy Dean, Dean, then

from Dean I became a Director from Director I

rose to be a Deputy Vice Chancellor. And I did

some of these things not only in the University of

Maiduguri but I have been able to discharge my-

self creditably even in other universities where I

served during my sabbatical leaves. When on

sabbatical in Gombe State University I was made

Head of Department and also a Director of Aca-

demic Planning immediately I arrived. So, as you

can see, I can serve diligently not only in University

of Maiduguri but in the other universities where I

found myself. And in addition to that, I can assist in

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the development of other universities in so many

ways as a Visiting Professor, Consultant or Mem-

ber of Council in some cases in some institutions

and tertiary institutions across Nigeria.

Any regret for finding yourself in the academic profession? I cannot say I have any regret. I just want to thank God for giving me the opportunity to realize my full potential. As I said, this is what I have destined for myself. I have no regret over it. I have been able to achieve the ultimate that there’s to offer in the system. In so doing, I have been able to de-velop so many people who have passed through me who have become very important personalities in life in all sectors. In the military, traditional councils, public service and in the academia; some of my students are Air Marshalls in the Nigerian Air Force, some of them are First Class Traditional Rulers, Professors and so on and so forth. So, when I reflect back on my career and what I have been able to do, I feel fulfilled; I feel I have im-parted my knowledge on those that have passed through me and I thank God for being able to do that. To that extent, I don’t have any regret!

Having observed that you’re amongst the lec-turers that almost spent their whole working career with the University, you must have expe-rienced challenges along the line. Can we know some of these and how you overcome them? You see, the challenges are part of life; life is full of ups and downs and I use to tell people that we were created to address challenges and I use to ask my students, for example, do they know why those that are dead are prayed for to “rest in peace”? The reason is that being dead is the only time that you will have absolute peace. So, I use to ask them do you want to rest in peace or do you want to address challenges? So everybody has chosen to address challenges. Thus, address-ing challenges are part of life. Of course in work you meet very difficult people, may be as col-leagues and even as students and the idea is not to say why people are bad but to expect the fact that not everybody would be good. In this case,

once you come with an open mind, you will find that you will be able to accommodate everyone according to their nature and character. I usually don’t quarrel with anybody and if you see me have any misunderstanding with anybody, it is be-cause I don’t know the person. Once I know you, then I will know how I can relate with you so that I can accommodate our individual differences. I de-veloped the strategy of addressing challenges; I see challenges not as problems but as opportuni-ties. The moment you can overcome the challenges, you know you will reach a higher level than others. I don’t cry over problems, I confront problems. I expect problems; I believe once one is alive, one is destined to continue facing challenges and what you make up of the challenges, how you overcome them is what life is all about.

It was also found that you’re amongst the founding fathers of Public Administration De-partment and the Faculty in general. What ways do you follow in nurturing the department?

Well, what happened is that, in our department

now, there’s only one person who had been there

before me and all those in the department now

apart from that one person, are all my students

and I am proud to say among them there are Pro-

fessors, Readers, Senior Lecturers and so on and

so forth right now in the department. So, I have

actually groomed people who will take over from

me by the time I exit the department. They are

already in the service, some of them are even

about to produce their own Senior Lecturers and

something, to the extent that I have been able to

recreate myself several times even in the depart-

ments. Thus, I assure myself that I will continue to

operate in the department through those that I

have actually nurtured within the department. So

there will be continuity Insha-Allah but the most

important,

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I think, is to ensure the values that we hold are

inculcated in those that we will leave behind; and

I think that is the most important challenge. You

will find out that people of nowadays do not

share the same values such as selfless services and

dedication that we have. I think that has been my

only fear but, be that as it may, when I compare.

my old Department and those that were there with what is happening in other departments with-in the University, then I will say we’re doing well; people should look up to us and ensure that they do what we are doing to ensure the progress and development of University of Maiduguri. What is your perception of life in general? My general perception of life is that life is what you make of it; life is short. While you are alive, you should try and make a difference while you can; while you are here try to ensure you actually reproduce yourself not just through your children but through what you actually built through teach-ing and learning, those that will benefit from you. My own idea is that whatever it is I learnt I need to ensure I inculcate it into those that are learning before me whether my biological or academic children. And once I do that then I would not fear that even if I am not around I will live on, the val-ues of which I hold dear will live forever.

Who is your mentor? Well, in life one has to look up to certain people. I am religiously inclined and my own religion have actually impacted my behaviour, so I look up to the Prophet of Islam, Prophet Muhammad (SAW) as my guide. And when it comes to ordinary peo-ple, of course I read the biography of great men and women in history and I pick those qualities that I find intriguing and interesting in the biog-raphies of great men and women and try to inter-nalize them to see how I can practice them.

What is your favourite food? At this age I like local food and thank God I don’t belong to “Indomie generation”, I belong to the

generation that was brought up eating tuwo; so what I value most are local delicacies. I like tuwo and local soups like miyan Kuka and miyan taushe and other local dishes. I also like fruits and vege-tables; so while I take carbohydrate in the form of local tuwo and miya, I complement that with fruits and vegetables.

What is your best colour? My best colour is like brown.

Your hobbies? My hobbies? Surprisingly I like music.

Amazing! Yes I enjoy music a lot. When I was young, I used to dance and even now as a form of exercise. You know, I find it to be one of the means through which I can relief my stress. And all types of music that appeal to my own ears.

What simply provokes you, and what are your dislikes?

I disliked dishonesty. I am among those who dislike

dishonesty and sycophancy. I don’t like people

who tell lies, people who are capable and yet

beg. I see them as people who can address their

challenges but they fail to do that and they come

to you to address their own challenges so these

are basically my dislikes.

Finally, what message do you have for the newly admitted students? My message to the new students is that they should see the fact that their opportunity to be admitted into the University of Maiduguri as a golden op-portunity if you take into consideration the fact that out of the millions that applied to be admitted into Nigerian universities only few of them get ad-mitted.

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HEALTH TIPS

T ell us your brief biography. Garba Uthman Sadiq (B.Pharm., M.H.P.M., M.Sc., Ph.D., F.P.C. Pharm.) is

a Professor of Neuro-pharmacology and Toxicol-ogy and a Consultant Pharmacist in Teaching Hos-pital of the University. Along with four others, were pioneer staff members of Faculty of Phar-macy in University of Maiduguri in 2005. Amongst many caps worn, he was an Acting Director SI-WES during the time of late Prof (Mrs) Badejo. He was the Head of Department of Ethno-Pharmacy and Drug Development and the Head of Depart-ment of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Presently, he is the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Maiduguri. He has more than 20-year experience in teaching students of pharma-cy, medicine, nursing, physiotherapy and health records. Professor Sadiq was awarded 4 re-search grants and published more than 40 arti-cles. He taught pharmacology, therapeutics, toxi-cology, ethno-pharmacology and ethics of bio-medical research involving human and animals. How should we define drug addiction? Drug addiction is a behavioral syndrome that of-ten results from drug abuse or misuse and is char-acterized by one or more of the following: im-

paired control over drug use; compulsive drug use; continued drug use despite its harmful effects and craving. In your opinion, what makes one go into abus-ing drugs that often results in addiction? We must first appreciate the relevance of “reward circuits” in our brains. The reward circuits are critical to human survival. In non-drug addicts, there is natural activation of this system in food taking, sex, success in examination and other daily activities. Unfortunately, in drug addicts, these powerful systems are activated by drugs. Some of these addictive drugs have strong affinity recep-tors in the reward system. It is the search for re-wards that makes man habitually seek the drugs. Dopamine is related to both natural and drug re-ward. But that is not the only story. How can one know the likelihood of becoming a drug addict? What makes people vulnerable or likely to get into addiction? You are indeed asking about vulnerability, a con-cept that is not fully explored by scientists. Howev-er, there are lots of risk or vulnerability factors that were identified. Similarly, lots of protective factors were also identified. It means we can roughly use the risk factors to estimate likelihood of drug abuse and addiction. Consequently, we can also use the protective measures on risky indi-viduals to reduce the likelihood of falling into drug abuse and addiction. Some important risk factors include: genetic predisposition; overall health sta-tus; personality trait; risk taking/ impulsiveness; environment; age at first exposure; self-medication; stress; drug availability; social status; peer pressure; and a times even drug awareness. The vulnerability factors interact in a complex dy-namic fashion to predict vulnerability. However, these factors could be categorized into three ma-jor groups viz: biological factors; social factors; and psychological factors. What are the protective factors then? Examples of protective factors include: health sta-tus; family ties; self-control; academic competence; anti-drug information; strong neighbourhood at-tachment; some genetic predisposition; parents;

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enriched environment; strong attachment with chil-dren; enforcement of limits and discipline; and monitoring of children. How can family tie serve as protective factor? The family is the second most important protective factor as far as drug addiction is concerned. Pa-rental monitoring and involvement in children’s life play major roles as preventive measures. So also discipline and enforcement of limits in the liveli-hood of children. It is also important that parents institute positive rewarding system in their homes. If someone in a family is exposed to risk factors (example: drug addict in a family or mental ill-ness), the parents most strive to compensate for this risk factors by working on the family and of course working on other risk factors. What can people do to lessen the risk of devel-oping addiction when there is a family history? A lot could be done by addressing the various components of vulnerability earlier mentioned. Example, under social aspects, job provision; skills acquisition and sanity in drug distribution system could perform wonders. Likewise, quality drug education and counselling. How can someone help a family member with drug addiction problem? First and fore-most, family members should estab-lish early identification of an offending drug. Once identified, the family member should be taken to a rehabilitation centre for help. Where early identification failed, and the victim became addicted, still a quick visit to an institutional reha-bilitation centre is the best option. How can one detect offending drug of addiction in an addict? Clinicians often use drug history of patients as ob-tained from patients or their relatives. In labora-tories, there are several screening methods that are used to detect drugs or metabolites in blood samples. Such screening methods often rely on detection of antibodies of drugs or metabolites of drugs. Despite an insignificant degree of uncer-tainties, such screening is often considered as con

firmatory. Some sophisticated laboratories use expensive equipment like gas chromatography and mass spectrophotometer. It is worth noting here that drugs of addiction have varying detec-tion time after which the detection may not reveal anything. For instance, while the metabolite of co-caine could be picked within 2 to 5 hours, that of cannabis may reach up to 30 to 60 days. In Nigeria, there has been a recent increase in the number of drug addiction, what do you think is the driving force. I think the main driving forces are enshrined in our social fabrics. Our drug distribution system is beautified by laws and regulations that are only symbolic in the sense that they are mostly not en-forced or implemented. There is no stage of drug distribution that is not guided by Nigerian laws and ethics. Also, drug utilization from prescription to administration is guided by carefully designed laws and ethics. However, we sparsely follow the regulations. Addictive drugs are readily available in un-authorized centres and are prescribed by almost all categories of health and non-health workers. All these contribute immensely to the mess we found ourselves in. Youth unemployment and thuggery also contribute to drug abuse and addic-tion in Nigeria. What methods would you suggest would be good to lower the level of drug addiction in Ni-geria? We can do that by controlling drug availability and drug utility. Edicts and ethics guided distribu-tion will sanitize drug availability. A well-articulated implementation of ‘rational drug use’ principles will sanitize utility. Employment and en-lightenment on dangers of drug abuse and addic-tion will greatly help. Thank you for your time. Thank you for having me.

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highly delighted with the victory of Dr. Falmata Zu-

lum’s husband. He further reiterated that “it is a

thing of pride for the first lady of Borno State to

emanate from our Department”.

Earlier in his remarks, Professor M. I. Ahmed in-

formed Dr. Falmata Zulum that the purpose of the

visit by the Department is to formerly congratulate

her and her husband and to identify with her on the

victory of Professor Zulum as the Borno State Gov-

erno-elect. Professor Ahmed wished her and her

husband God’s guidance and protection throughout

their tenure. Professor Ahmed recalled that Dr. Fal-

mata Zulum distinguished herself amongst her col-

leagues at the undergraduate level where the en-

tire awards for the session were shared between

herself and her classmate Dr. Saleh Jajere. He went

further to express the confidence he has in her as a

competent candidate to run the office of the “First

Lady” with the diligence, intelligence, dexterity and

nimbleness that are inherent in her.


Professor A. W. Mbaya, who was Dr. Falmata

Zulum’s major supervisor at the master’s degree

level and currently supervising her Ph.D., also cor-

roborated what were said earlier and prayed for

a successful tenure of office, God’s blessings and

many more glories ahead. Other members of the

Department on the entourage were Professor Ab-

dullahi A. Biu, Paul Gaya, Gladys Aguocha, Ya’u-

ba Mohammed, Dr. Ali Mohammed, Dr. Salamatu

Tukur, Jummai Musa, Dr. Samson Anjikwi, Dr. Ba-

bagana Kayeri and Dr. Halima Pindar. A con-

gratulatory card was presented to Dr. Falmata

Kyari Zulum by the Department followed by a

group photograph to commemorate the visit.

Members of the Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology in a group photograph with Dr. Falmata Kyari Zulum to commemorate the congratulatory visit

Once you realize that, you are among those that were so lucky to be admitted; then see it as a golden opportunity. It is time for you to in vest in your future. It is time for you to read; it is time for you to know, to ask questions, to know new ideas and time for you to learn new philosophy, new val-ues and new ideas that will make you good citi-zens of Nigeria and the world. So, I urge our stu-dents who have been admitted to invest in their future.

Thank you for your time.

The pleasure is mine!


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