Muhammad Yahuza Bello is a

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who served as the 10th vice chancellor of

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Early life and education

Yahuza was born on 22 January 1959 in Nassarawa Local Government in Kano state. He attended Giginyu Primary School between 1966 and 1973. He attended Government Secondary School, Gaya where he graduated in 1977, he obtained first and second Degree in Mathematics Education from

. Yahuza attended the

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, under the supervision of

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where he obtained his third degree in Mathematics between 1985 and 1988.

Career

Yahuza started his career in 1982 as

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, after saving for good 19 years, Yahuza became a professor of Mathematics in 2001. Yahuza held several administrative positions at

, which include Head of Mathematical Sciences Department, Sub-Dean, Deputy Dean, and Dean, Faculty of Science, he was also the

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, School of Postgraduate Studies, Director, Centre for Information Technology; Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) Yahuza was elected the 10th Vice chancellor by the University congress and confirmed by the Governing board of the University where he served between 2015 and 2020. Yahuza has supervised and graduated six

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Mathematics candidates, 37 MSc Mathematics and MSc Computer Science candidates. He also supervised over 50 BSc Mathematics and BSc Computer Science final year projects. Yahuza is a mathematician who has a passion for computers, which led to the establishment of

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studies in

Bayero University The Bayero University Kano (BUK) is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1975, when it was renamed from Bayero University College and upgraded from university college to university. It is the first university i ...

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, under the department of Mathematics in the year 1990 which now has become the Faculty of

with more than 1500 graduates. Yahuza was appointed the

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of Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano by the Executive Governor of

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Abdullahi Umar Ganduje Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (born 25 December 1949) is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Kano State from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as Rabiu Kwankwaso's deputy governor twice, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. He ...

immediately after the resignation of Alhaji Sule Yahya Hamma in 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bello, Muhammad Yahuza 1959 births Living people 20th-century Nigerian mathematicians University of Arkansas alumni Academic staff of Bayero University Kano Vice-chancellors of Nigerian universities 21st-century Nigerian mathematicians