The 14th Governing Council of the College of Jos, Plateau State has approved the appointment of Prof. Tanko Ishaya as the new Vice-Chancellor for the College.
Abdullahi Abdullahi, Deputy Registrar, Details and Publications of the university, announced this in a assertion.
According to Abdullahi in the assertion in Jos on Friday, the development followed the Council’s consideration of the suggestion of the Joint Council and Senate Range Board at its Particular Meeting held on November 12.
He said that Ishaya’s appointment would get effect from December 1, incorporating that the appointment was for a single term of five years.
Ishaya, 57, is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Educational of the university and a professor of Personal computer Science with a Mathematics background and specialism and knowledge in Facts Engineering, Laptop or computer Security and Forensics.
He acquired his B.Sc. in Mathematics Education and graduated with next Course Higher Division in 1992 at College of Jos and started operate as a lecturer in Mathematics office at the College of Agriculture, Zuru, Kebbi Point out.
He afterwards proceeded to the College of Manchester, United Kingdom to go after an M.Sc. programme in Computation and accomplished in 1997.
He later on enrolled for his PhD in Computing Experiments, which he completed in 2001 and was promoted to the rank of Professor of Laptop or computer Science in 2012.
He joined the University of Hull in Oct, 2000 as a Lecturer and was Head of the Centre for Online Computing at the institution before returning to Nigeria in 2008 as a viewing Professor to the College of Jos on Sabbatical.
Professor Tanko was the founding Director of the University’s Directorate for Details and Interaction Technological know-how and again returned to the College of Hull in January 2009 just after his Sabbatical.
Professor Tanko came back again to university of Jos in 2012 on distinctive ask for by the College to provide as the Director, Data and Conversation Engineering (ICT) and doubled as the pioneer Head of Laptop Science Department at the College.
He has served in around 60 University Committees at the College of Hull and the College Jos and a member of numerous expert bodies.
Ishaya has more than 40 publications in both neighborhood and international journals, guides, conferences and exploration reports.
He has also supervised advertisement graduated five PhD, 40 M.Sc and more than 100 undergraduate college students in Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
Ishaya, who hails from Zuru, Kebbi Condition, is fortunately married to his spouse, Sharon Ishaya and are blessed with a few little ones.
The Information Company of Nigeria experiences that Ishaya normally takes above from Prof. Grey Ejikeme, whose expression as Performing Vice-Chancellor expires on November 30.
