Abdullahi Mustapha (born 1 February 1948) is a

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Professor of

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and former

Vice Chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor is ...

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

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. He was succeeded by Ibrahim Garba as the VC of the University.

Early life

Mustapha was born on 1 February 1948 to a Katsina state indigene father and Katsina state mother in

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but hails from

Katsina State Katsina State ''(Hausa: Jihar Katsina) (Fula: Leydi Katsina 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞥁𞤭𞤲𞤢)'' is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Katsina State was created in 1987, when it split from Kaduna State. Today, K ...

, Northern

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. He attended Ralmadadi Primary School in 1955 before he attended Katsina Secondary School but obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1968 at Government College, Keffi. He further obtained a bachelor's degree in

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from Ahmadu Bello University in 1973, followed by a

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doctorate (Ph. D) in 1981 from Chelsea College, now merged with

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

Career

Mustapha began his academic career in 1974 as a pupil pharmacists at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital. In 1982, he rose to the position of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry in the department of pharmacy and in 1993, he became a full Professor of

. In 2010, he was appointed as the substantive Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University and prior to this appointment, he served as the VC of

Umaru Musa Yar'adua University Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU), formerly ''Katsina State University'', was established by the Katsina State Government in 2006, to "serve as a nucleus for socio-economic, technological and political development of the State by produci ...

References

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