Rabo emerges FUWUKARI vice-chancellor | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
21st January 2021
The Governing Council of Federal University Wukari (FUWUKARI) has announced the appointment of Jude Rabo as the new vice-chancellor of the institution.
This puts to rest the long wait for who the successor of the incumbent, Professor Musa Kundiri whose tenure ends on 10th February.
The Chairman of the Governing Council, Laurence Ngbale, announced the results on Thursday at a press conference in Wukari, Taraba State.
He said Rabo, a professor of Veterinary Medicine, emerged as the new vice-chancellor after scoring the highest points ahead of two other professors that contested for the position.
Mr Ngbale said the 59-year-old professor had served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academics of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi for two terms.
Mr Ngbale, who handed the new vice-chancellor his appointment letter, urged him to not only to sustain the development strides recorded by the outgoing vice-chancellor, Kundiri, but also move the university to a world-class institution.
Similarly, the council has also appointed Isa Sidi from Kaduna State as the new University Librarian.
In his remarks, the new vice-chancellor thanked the Selection Board and the University’s Governing Council for finding him worthy of the appointment.
He assured that he would turn around the fortunes of the institution by setting standards that would move it forward.
Mr Rabo appealed to the council to give him all the support and encouragement required to succeed in his new assignment.
Earlier, the outgoing vice-chancellor urged the university community to give his successor all the support he needed to succeed.
The incoming vice-chancellor who is married with six children, hails from Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.