Kaduna State University Gets New Vice Chancellor.
The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has approved the appointment of Professor Muhammad Tanko as the new Vice Chancellor of the Kaduna State University (KASU), following recommendations from the Governing Council of the university.
The 48-year-old professor of Accounting and Finance, was until his appointment a Deputy Vice-Chancellor in KASU.
The Kawo born academic obtained his first degree from Bayero University, Kano (BUK), where he graduated with a B.Sc. Accounting (2.1) in 1991, then earned an M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance in 1997, an MBA in 2000 and a Ph.D in Accounting and Finance in 2005 from the famous Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.
He joined the services of the Kaduna State University in 2005 from ABU, Zaria, and rose from Head of Department to Dean before he was appointed as Executive Chairman of the Kaduna State Board of Internal Revenue in 2012.
He has graduated over 20 Ph.D candidates and has over 10,000 downloads at the famous Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and about 2,500 downloads from ResearchGate and RePEc Author Service.
