Kogiflame
Dr. Yahaya Baba Usman has been appointed as the new Rector of Federal Polytechnic Idah in Kogi State.
This was contained in a letter signed by Abdulkadir Bala Abba, Registrar of the institution and made available to newsmen by S. S. Omale, Head, Public Relations & Protocol of the institution.
Dr. Usman a Director, Academic planning federal Polytechnic Nasarawa sinv 2019.
He attended Federal University of Technology Minna in Niger state where he bagged BSC in Statistic and University of Ibadan, Oyo State for his M.Sc and P.hD.
He is a fellow of Institute of Policy Management Develolment, and Member, Nigerians Statistic Association and Professional Statistics of Nigeria.
He stated his working career acting lecturer at Federal Polytechnic Idah, between 1997 to 1998 before transferring his services to federal Polytechnic Nasarawa in 1998 where he rose through the ranks to become Chief lecturer in 1st January 2017.
He is an astute academic Scholar who have contributed immensly in knowledge dissemination in both local and foreign journals and attended and attended local and foreign conferences and workshop of repute.
He has also bagged various distinctive awards and honours in his fields of endeavor at different fora. The appointment is single term of five years with effect from the day he assumes duty.
He took over from Dr. Danjuma David Baba who just finished his single term of five years.