BUK Appoints Prof Musa As VC

The Governing Council of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), has approved Professor Haruna Musa’s appointment as the 12th Vice Chancellor of the University.

A letter signed by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the University Governing Council, His Excellency Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, was made available to the press by Lamara Garba, Director, Public Affairs. The letter said the appointment is for five years, effective August 18, 2025.

“The Governing Council of Bayero University, Kano in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 4 of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provision) Amendment Act, 2003, at its meeting held on Thursday, 03 July, 2025 considered the submission from the Selection Board, hereby approved your appointment as the substantive Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano for five years with effect from August 18, 2025,”  the letter reads in part.

Gawuna, while congratulating Prof. Musa, equally prayed for a successful tenure in office as the 12th Vice-Chancellor of the University.

He was born in Dambatta, Kano State on 20th June, 1967, attended Sabuwar Unguwa Primary School Dambatta from 1974-1980 and Government Secondary School Dambatta from 1980-1985.

He obtained his IJMBE Certificate from the College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies (CASRS) Kano (1988), BSc (Hons) Chemistry from Bayero University, Kano (1991), MSc Polymer Chemistry from BUK (1999) and PhD Chemistry from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom (2009).

During his PhD studies, Prof. Musa worked as a part-time Chemist with Revolymer Ltd, a University of Bristol spin-off company.

He has served as Principal Investigator of a research on the Development of Electrically Rechargeable Zinc Air Battery for Rural Electrification using Carbon based Nanomaterials, a project funded to the tune of thirty six million naira (N36,000,000:00) by the National Research Fund (2020-2024), a Research Partner in two Institution Based Research (IBR) grants of 1.7million naira (2023) and 2million naira (2019), amongst others.