Sokoto varsity’s Bashir Garba appointed as UDUS VC

The governing council at Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto (UDUS) has approved the appointment of Bashir Garba as the new vice-chancellor (VC).

Bashir Garba is currently the VC of Sokoto State University where he is on a leave of absence.

Attahiru Jega, chairman of the UDUS council, said Garba was approved as the UDUS VC at its 168th special meeting on Wednesday.

The appointment, he said, is for a single term of five years and will be with effect from September 1.

Garba attended UDUS and the University of Jos where he obtained a B.Sc in Applied Chemistry and a masters in Applied Organic Chemistry in 1988 and 1994 respectively.

After that, he obtained his Ph.D in Applied Chemistry at UDUS in 1998.

Garba, an indigene of Sokoto South LGA, started his career as a graduate assistant at UDUS in 1989.

He rose through the ranks and became a professor in 2002.

During that period, Garba held administrative positions within and outside the university.

He is the VC of Sokoto State University from May 2022 to date.

He served as the commissioner of the Sokoto state executive council from June 2019 to January 2022.

Garba was the secretary to Sokoto state government from September 2015 to May 2019.

He was the rector at the Polytechnic of Sokoto State from August 2012 to September 2015.

Garba was the director of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) from April 2006 to March 2010.

He served as the director at the Sokoto Energy Research Centre (SERC) from August 1999 to 2005.

Garba will be taking over as the VC of UDUS from Lawal Suleiman Bilbis, his predecessor who was appointed in 2019.