Photo: Prof Aisha Sani-Maikudi breaks record
Prof Aisha Sani-Maikudi emerges first female UniAbuja Professor of Law from Northwest
Prof Aisha Sani-Maikudi, has become the youngest and first female Professor of Law from the Northwestern part of Nigeria.
The female don was promoted to professor of International Law among 49 academic staff promoted to the rank of professor by the Governing Council of the University.
A statement issued in Abuja by Dr. Habib Yakoob, the university’s Head, Information & University Relations, said 22 staff members were promoted to the rank of professor, and 27 were elevated to the rank of associate professor.
“A number of exceptional female academics were also promoted to the professorial cadre, and the University is very proud of this.
“Among them is Aisha Sani Maikudi, who is the youngest and first female law professor from Katsina State and indeed the Northwest Region, promoted as a Professor of International Law,” Yakoob quoted the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, as saying.
He said that Council, under the chairmanship of Prof Ahmed Modibbo, also approved the promotion of the academic staff at its 94th and 95th Regular meetings.
“A breakdown of the approved promotion shows that the academic staff were promoted across several disciplines which include radiology, veterinary pathology, political science and Islamic studies.
“Others are history and diplomatic studies, biological sciences, guidance and counselling, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and public law.
“Other fields of the professors and associate professors are economics, chemistry, physics, veterinary anatomy, theatre arts, mechanical engineering, public administration, sociology, computer science, and philosophy,” the institution’s spokesman added.
