Federal University, Gashua, FUGASHUA newly appointed Vice Chancellor, Professor Andrew Haruna, has officially assumed office as the 2^nd Vice Chancellor of the University. Haruna, is a recipient of many awards of excellence both within and outside the country and also a member of professional associations. You can read more about him below.

Professor Andrew Haruna

The newly appointed Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Gashua, Yobe State, Professor Andrew Haruna, has officially assumed office as the 2^nd Vice Chancellor of the University after his recent appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari, with a call on staff of the institution to join hands together and move the University forward.

A statement by the University’s head of Information and Protocol Adamu Saleh, said the Vice Chancellor made the call during a Special Senate meeting held recently to officially welcome him. He said the task of building a strong institution is a collective responsibility that should be taken by all.

”University is a Universal institution that is why it is called University. My prayer is that, we should not make this University to become a glorify secondary school and I cannot do this alone without the cooperation of the entire staff, which means for us to know we are a Universal institution we have to diversify,” he said.

Professor Haruna, who commended the outgoing Vice Chancellor profesoor Shehu Abdul Rahman, for laying a solid foundation, promised to build on the legacies left behind by his predecessor.

Professor Andrew Haruna, was born on 4^th April, 1957 in Gar Alkaleri local government Area of Bauchi state. He had his primary and secondary schools at Bauchi and Borno states, respectively. After which he proceeded to University of Maiduguri for his degree where he graduated with B.A. (Honours), Linguistic in 1981.

He started his academic career as Graduate Assistant at the University of Maiduguri in 1982 and rose to the rank of Assistant Lecturer between 1984 -1986, Lecturer II, 1990 -1994 Lecturer I and became a senior lecturer in 1994. He became an associate professor in 1998.

He obtained his MA and Ph.D degrees in 1985 and 1990 respectively from the University of London. He rose through the ranks to become a Professor of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages on 1^stOctober 2006.

From University of Maiduguri he moved to University of Jos in 2013, where he worked and served as the Head of Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages Before he was appointed as the Vice Chancellor Federal University, Gashua in 2016.

Professor Andrew Haruna, is a recipient of many awards of excellence both within and outside the country and also a member of professional associations such as, West African Linguistics Society, Linguistics Association of Nigeria and General Secretary, Linguistics Association of Nigeria.

He has both Administrative and Academic experience in running tertiary institutions as he has worked in almost every area of the University system both within and outside the country.

Source: MSG