University Of Lagos (unilag) Appoints Her 7th Chancellor
- Mar 3, 2016
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The University Of Lagos, Nigeria has today 3rd of March,2016 appointed the Shehu of Borno, HRH (DR) Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi as her 7th Chancellor.
Shehu Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi (son of Shehu Umar Ibn Abubakar Garbai of Borno) has been the Shehu of Borno since 2009. He was born in Damagum, Yobe State on 13 May 1957. He attended Government College Maiduguri for his secondary education, and in 1975 was admitted to the Staff Training Centre, Potiskum where he obtained the Intermediate Local Government Certificate.
He joined the Borno State Government in 1976. Subsequently he attended Kaduna Polytechnic (1978–1982) and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1986) where he obtained an Advanced Diploma in Local Government Administration. He became Permanent Secretary in the Ministries of Finance (1993), Works and Housing and Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs (2008). El-Kanemi is married with three wives and has 15 children.
We congratulate him and we pray Allah grants him the grace to finish well.
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