3rd May, 2017
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has approved the appointment of Amb. Zakari Ibrahim as the new Pro-Chancellor of Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina.
This was announced in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of the State, Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa on Tuesday in Katsina.
The statement said that appointment, which was for five-years, was in line with section 361 of the first schedule of the law establishing the university.
It further said that appointment was with immediate effect.
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Amb. Ibrahim was the former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency and the National Counter-terrorism Coordinator under the Jonathan administration.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appointment of Amb Ibrahim followed expiration of tenure of Mr Musa Abdullahi, the former Pro-Chancellor of the university.