Unimaid elevates ex-provost, others to Associate Professorship

By Okwo Romeon

The former Provost of the Missionary College of Education, Waka Biu in Borno state and lecturer in Department of Banking and Finance, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Maiduguri. Dr Mohammed Alhaji Audu and Dr Hauwa Aliyu Yamta of both Faculty have been promoted by University of Maiduguri to a position of Associate professor in Finance.

Associate Professor Mohammed Alhaji Audu and Associate Professor, Hauwa Aliyu Yamta who are currently lecturing in the Department of Banking and Finance of the University are seasoned academic administrators with cutting edge experience in and outside the citadel of the university.

Associate Professor Mohammed Alhaji Audu was a past Provost of College of Education Waka Biu whose tenure in the College of Education, led to the school accreditation of many courses and massive infrastructure buildings by the Tertiary Educational Tax Funds (TETFUD) in the old plateau of Biu Local government Area of southern Borno State.

Their promotion to the position of Associate Professor of Finance by the Governing Council of University of Maiduguri was approved with effect from October 1st 2020 and ratified by the meeting on Wednesday 14th August, 2024 at the Council chamber of the University Senate.

Both Associate Professor Audu and Yamta were present at the annual maiden edition of the Abuja Capital Market operators held at the Security and Exchange Commission Auditorium in Abuja Nigeria where stakeholders and experts in Financial and Banking sector across the country’s ivory towers were drawn together by organizers of the Capitals market in Nigeria to deliberate on the way forward for crypto currency security in Nigeria capital market a month ago.

In a chat with newsmen, Prof, Audu had admitted that, the future of crypto currency in the country is bright but they is a need to put in place necessary security checks by regulators that will secure the confidence of investors and guarantee smooth operations which is what the workshop had deliberated on.

Asked if Borno state is open for such investment, Prof Audu agreed, saying, University of Maiduguri is one of the leading Tertiary University in the country with robust financial academic Professors and as you can see, “am here with my senior colleagues Professor which should tell you, Maiduguri and especially Borno state is the hub of good investment despite our challenges.

The program drew representatives from the organized private sector, academia, students and representatives of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Economy,Mr Wale Edu.

University of Maiduguri over the time had groomed several financial experts among them is the current Vice President of Nigeria his Excellency , Dr Ibrahim Shettima who is a top notch in banker.