Immediate past vice-chancellor, federal unversity of technology, minna

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  The School of Information and Communication Technology, (ICT) is a child of necessity as the new world order is ICT driven. In compliance with the vogue and current trend of world events, Federal University of Technology, Minna as a University of Technology is now ICT compliant, where training, research and developmental services are driven by ICT. The School comprises of the following departments:
  
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    Telecommunication Engineering
    
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    Computer Engineering
    
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    Computer Science
    
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    Cyber Security Science
    
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    Library and Information Technology and
    
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    Information and Media Technology.
    
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  School of Entrepreneurship and Management Technology, comprising of the following departments:
  

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  Project Management Technology
  
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  Transport Management Technology
  
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  Entrepreneurship and Business Studies
  

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  A functional Advancement and Development Office (ADO), headed by an Executive Director, has been established to:
  

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  Dedicatedly Build Awareness, Community (Strengthening Local Leadership for Fundraising), Advocacy and Contribution among our constituents in order to strengthen the programs of the University;
  
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  Seek to help Students, Schools, Staff, Alumni and Friends of the University gain pride and satisfaction from vital connections to the University, today and for a lifetime;
  
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  Support the University’s Instructional, Research and Service Mission through the cultivation of relationships and the raising of funds for the benefit of the University;
  
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  Collate Institutional Proposals, give advice on donor agencies to be targeted and ensure that proposals are Impeccable, Problem-Oriented, Solving the Desired Problems and Matching the Mission-Vision of donors, have Excellent Budgeting and that University acquires the Necessary Resources;
  
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  Undertake ‘the Silent Phase’ of fundraising.
  

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  Other new Centres, Directorates and Units established so far in my administration as the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Minna, include
  

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  Directorate of Collaboration, Affiliation and Linkages (DCAL);
  
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  Information Technology Services (ITS);
  
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  FUT Minna Global Institute for Bio Exploration (GIBEX);
  
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  Centre for Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies (CDRM & DS);
  
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  Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering;
  
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  Centre for Open Distance and e-Learning (CODeL).
  

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   Collation Officer for the Presidential Elections, 16 – 17 April, 2011;
   
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   State Returning Officer for the Governorship Elections, 23 -24 April 2011,
   

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  Attracted two million US dollars ($2m) in the first instance; and currently an additional two and a half million US dollars ($2.5m), (due largely to proper accounting of the first award), from the Carnegie Foundation of New York.
  

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  These successfully enabled the World Bank, through the University Press Limited of Ibadan, purchase the Association’s textbooks for primary schools in Nigeria leading to the acquisition of two plots of land in Gwagwalada, Abuja, among other financial benefits that accrued to the Association.
  

Coordinator, Academic Planning and Consultancy Services, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja, (December 2002 to December 2003);

Member, Petroleum Technology Development Fund and National Mathematical Centre (PTDF/NMC) Technical Committee on the PTDF/NMC School Mathematics Competition and Incentive Scheme (July – August 2003); and

Chairman, National Mathematical Centre/Nigerian Television Authority Technical Committee on Mathematics by Television Project (October to November 2003).

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  Partnership with a number of State Governments for the Improvement of Mathematics at the Primary and Secondary Schools in the States, resulting in some net revenue for the Centre;
  
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  The National Annual Mathematics Competition and Incentives for Mathematics Students and Teachers, now fully sponsored by Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). (This has enabled the Centre save vital funds to attend to other sectors);
  

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  The fees charged by the University of Jos Cisco Regional Networking Academy Management Board include (i) N15,000 per student per programme, (ii) a yearly support fee of $1,000 per Local Academy, and (iii) $250 to train a staff of any Local Academy in each programme.
  

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  The University administers six ICT interventions funded by $1,005,000 from Carnegie Corporation of New York. It also raised a total of $1,189,500 as counterpart funding from University statuary allocations, ETF, and its other friends.
  

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  Under my administration as the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Minna, the University has so far attracted the following grants from World Bank Science and Technology Education Post Basic (STEP-B):
  

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  Seven hundred and fifty thousand US Dollars ($750,000) for the development of ICT infrastructure in the University with a counterpart funding of two hundred and fifty thousand US Dollars ($250,000) from the University.
  
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  Five million five hundred thousand US Dollars ($5,500,000) for the establishment of the Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering in the University.
  

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Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Conference of Executive Heads, Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), India, 28 – 29 November, 2008

National Universities Commission (NUC) Workshop on University Ranking and Institutional Accreditation, NUC, 21 – 22 April, 2009

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Leadership and Management Skills for Senior Education Officers, Conducted by the Faculty of L. T. Associates, Washington D. C., U. S. A., 18 -30 September, 2011

Pan African Universities Conference, African Union Commission Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 – 14 December, 2011

Code of Conduct Bureau Compliance Training Programme for Public Officers,

ICPC Secretariat, Abuja, 23^rd February, 2012

British Council Going Global Conference 2012, ‘Changing Education for a Changing World’, The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, 13 – 15 March, 2012

Specialised Leadership Development Conference, Organised by The Association of African Universities (AAU) and OMNI Consulting Limited, Cape Sun Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa, 14 - 16 June 2012

4th International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) Davos 2012, “Integrative Risk Management in a Changing World – Pathways to a Resilient Society, Davos, Switzerland, 26 – 30 August, 2012

27^th Conference of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU), “Education and National Security”, Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), 24 – 26 September, 2012

5th Nigerian Universities Research and Development Fair (NURESDEF), “Research and Development: A Road Map to National Transformation and Economic Prosperity”, Federal University of Technology, Minna, 8 – 12

October, 2012

Wolfson OpenScience Laboratory Preview/Workshop for Distance Learning Institutions, Dana Centre, London and Briefing on ‘21^st Century Distance Learning’, United Kingdom Open University Headquarters, Milton Keynes, London, Organised by the United Kingdom Open University’s eSTEem Centre and its International Development Office, 9 – 13 November, 2012

Member, National Committee on Open and Distance Education (NACODE), 2011

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   Collation Officer for the Presidential Elections, 16 – 17 April, 2011;
   

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   State Returning Officer for the Governorship Elections, 23 -24 April 2011,
   

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  Professor of Mathematics, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
  
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  Visiting Professor of Mathematics and
  

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  Federal Government of Nigeria
  

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  Reading and Jogging
  
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  Watching athletics, soccer and detective films
  
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  Listening to religious debates and Quranic recitation
  

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  Professor H. B. Mafuyayi, Vice-Chancellor, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
  
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  Professor Julius A. Okojie, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Abuja.
  
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  Professor A. R. T. Solarin, Director/Chief Executive Officer, National Mathematical Centre, Sheda, Abuja, Nigeria.