Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu (born September 2, 1960) is a Nigerian academic and professor of Veterinary Reproduction. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria (from 2004 to 2009). He also served as the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa, Jigawa State, Nigeria (from 2013 to 2018). He is currently the Executive Secretary of the

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(NUC), Abuja.

Education

Abdullahi had his primary and secondary education in Song and Mubi, respectively, in

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. He went to

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, Zaria, Kaduna State, where he studied

Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, medical diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all a ...

. In 1984, he performed the compulsory

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(NYSC) programme in

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. He studied for his master's degree in Veterinary reproduction (Theriogenology) between 1986 and 1988 at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. In 1990, he was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to study in the

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, where he had his PhD in 1994. He was also awarded a Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship for a Postdoctoral Study at Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan from 1997 to 1999.

Career

He worked as a lecturer in the

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from 1985 to 2004. In 2004, he became the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Yola. On December 6, 2024, he was appointed as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian

(NUC) by President Bola Tinubu.

Recognition

Abdullahi had a Commonwealth Scholarship for a PhD degree at the University of Liverpool and also a Japanese post-doctorate fellowship that was sponsored by the Japan Society for the promotion of science. He was the first Nigerian to benefit from that programme.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ribadu, Abdullahi Yusuf 1960 births Living people Academic staff of Modibbo Adama Federal University of Technology, Yola Academic staff of the University of Maiduguri Nigerian Fula people People from Adamawa State