Advisory Board
Prof. Shehu Abdul Rahman
Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Lafia
Shehu Abdul Rahman, the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Gashua, and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) (Admin.), Nasarawa State University, Keffi, is a professor of Agricultural Economics. Prior to his appointment as DVC he was the Dean, of the Faculty of Agriculture at Nasarawa State University, Keffi. He obtained a Bachelor of Agriculture degree in 1993, M.Sc. Agric. Economics in 1998 and a Ph.D. In Agric. Economics in 2001, all from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. His working experience spans from Assistant Lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1994 to a full Professor at Nasarawa State University, Keffi in 2008 at the age of 40. He is now at the Federal University of Lafia in Nasarawa State. He has served in various capacities rendering administrative and community development services in addition to teaching and research. His research activities produced over one hundred (100) publications in both National and International Journals of repute. He has presented over sixty-five (65) papers at various seminars, workshops, and conferences. He has served as a consultant to Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)(German Technical Agency) and the World Bank. He has taught in the fields of Agricultural production Economics, Farm Management Economics, Econometrics, and Statistics at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; Nasarawa State University, Keffi, and Federal University of Lafia; and has been an External Examiner of both undergraduate and postgraduate students at various Universities in Nigeria. He has served as External Assessor of twenty-four (24) candidates for promotion to Professorial positions in various Nigerian Universities. He was the Chairman of the Association of Deans of Agriculture in Nigerian Universities for two years (May 2010- May 2012). He has also served in the university system as Chairman of over twenty (20) Committees and Member of over thirty (30) Committees.
In recognition of his involvement in many cultural and developmental activities in Umaisha Chiefdom, he was turbaned as Shetima of Opanda on the 31st of December 2011. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists (FNAAE), a Fellow of the Horticultural Society of Nigeria (FHORTSON), and a Fellow of the African Scientific Institute (FASI).
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Prof. Muhammad S. Liman
Former Vice-Chancellor, FULafia, Nigeria.
Professor Muhammad Sanusi Liman, a native of Lafia – Nasarawa State, was born on April 4, 1968. After his Primary and Post-Primary education, he attended the School of Basic Studies (A.B.U. Zaria) from August 1985 to July 1986. He gained admission into Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (A.T.B.U), Bauchi in 1987 and bagged a B.Tech. degree in Physics in 1991. He got his M.Sc. in Applied Physics from the University of Jos in 1997 and later proceeded to Okayama University, Japan where he bagged his Ph.D. in Plasma Physics (2004). He began his teaching appointment in 1992, at A.T.B.U. Bauchi, as a Graduate Assistant, rose through the ranks to become a Professor in October 2010. Amongst positions he held in the University system included: Coordinator – Postgraduate Seminar, Physics Programme (A.T.B.U. Bauchi), Faculty Examinations Officer, Kaduna State University, Head, Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University, Director, School of Preliminary Studies, Nasarawa State University, Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, Nasarawa State University, Head, Department of Physics, Federal University Lafia. Professor Liman has taught several undergraduate and graduate courses and supervised to completion, several M.Sc. and Ph.D. Thesis/Dissertations. He has been a Postgraduate Examiner in four different Universities in Nigeria. He has, to his credit, quite a number of journals published in both national and international peer-reviewed journals.
Professor Liman initiated a proposal on the Japan-Nigeria cooperation in Plasma Technology to the Energy Commission of Nigeria for the Establishment of a Plasma Technology Energy Centre (PTEC) at A.T.B.U Bauchi. He established the Plasma Research Laboratory at the Kaduna State University, Kaduna and also developed the Postgraduate Curriculum for Postgraduate Diploma, M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in Physics, in the Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi. Amongst the world-class laboratories he has visited, Profess Liman has conducted research in the following laboratories: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI), Kyoto, Japan; National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), Toki, Japan; Centre for Plasma Science and Technology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; Yukawa Centre for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan. Professor Liman served as the second Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Lafia from February 16, 2017, to February 2021.
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Prof. Aleruchi Chuku
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics, Federal University of Lafia
CHUKU, Aleruchi is a Professor of Microbiology with a specialty in Medical Mycology in the Department of Microbiology of the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. She holds a B.Sc. from the University of Port Harcourt, an M.Sc. from Atlantic International University Honolulu, an M.Phil., Ph.D. from Rivers State University of Science and Technology, and is an Associate of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (AMLSCN). She is an experienced and committed lecturer with over 15 years of teaching experience. She is a member of many professional bodies including the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM), the Mycological Society of Nigeria (MYCOSON), the Nigerian Society for Microbiology (NSM), and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). She has fifty-eight (58) published research papers and reviews and is also involved as a peer reviewer in several local and international journals. She has several ongoing research interests which include Long- Morphology of preserved Isolates, the Public health effect of molds contracted through environmental conditions and necessary contact, and the Cost-effective methods of fungi preservation in developing countries with current research on Mycotoxins and Public Health. She is a seasoned and eloquent public speaker with great presentation skills and an astute organizer who loves and enjoys working with teenagers.
aleruchi.chuku@science.fulafia.edu.ng
Phone Contact: +2348037100101
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Prof. A. O. Iyoro
The Librarian, Federal University of Lafia
Professor A. O. Iyoro is a Professor of Library and Information Science and is currently the University Librarian, the Federal University of Lafia. He is a man of honour and integrity whose indelible marks in the field of Librarianship cannot be set aside. In fact, he has recorded tremendous impacts on the lives of many upcoming academics.
He is a graduate of the prestigious Bayero University, Kano where he obtained his first degree before proceeding to the Premier University of Ibadan to acquire two Master's Degrees at different periods. He however ended his educational career at Babcock University after obtaining his Ph.D. in Library and Information Science.
Professor Iyoro is widely published and has in his kitty the record of numerous local and international conference attendants while he is happily married with children.
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