Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of a substantive provost and registrar for Mohammed Lawan College of Agriculture, Maiduguri.
Zulum’s approval indicates that Dr Alhaji Abba Makinta will serve as the provost, while Baba Kura Mohammed will be the new registrar of the College.
The two appointments were announced on Saturday by the governor’s senior special assistant on new media, Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi, in a release to newsmen.
The new provost holds a doctorate in agricultural economics and has about 29 publications from different workshops and seminars between 1989 and 2023.
Dr Makinta has years of experience in the academic sector. He was an assistant lecturer at the same college before moving to the University of Maiduguri in 1990 and rising to the rank of Associate Professor.
The statement added that Baba Kura Mohammed, who will serve as registrar until this appointment, has been a deputy registrar at the college since 2022.
He served in various capacities, including student affairs officer, admission officer, and exam officer. He also obtained a BSc in Economics at the University of Maiduguri in 2007.
The statement also quoted Zulum as saying, “I am confident that the new appointees will discharge their duties diligently.”
He also said, “I wish to extend my warm gratitude to the outgoing officers for serving Borno with a high sense of duty and wish them the very best.”
