NOUN New VC Assumes duty

NOUN: New VC, Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu Assumes Duty

THE newly appointed Vice Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu, has assumed duty, a statement issued on Wednesday by the university’s spokesperson, Dr Ronke Ogunmakin, has said.

While taking over the mantle of leadership from his predecessor, Professor Vincent Ado Tenebe, at the headquarters of the university in Lagos, Adamu said his vision for NOUN “revolves around VERB” and went on to define the acronym as “Vibrant, Energetic, Re-armed and Ballistic”. According to the statement, the new Vice Chancellor’s goal is to “take education to the door step of every Nigerian, while ensuring the sustenance of the core values of accessibility, affordability and flexible learning for which NOUN is reputed.”

Adamu also pledged “to consolidate and even surpass the legacy of his predecessor.” The statement noted further that the new Vice Chancellor “hails from one of the royal houses in Kano State and holds a double professorship in
Science Education (1997) and Media and Cultural Communication (2012) from Bayero University Kano, where he was a lecturer until his appointment as Vice Chancellor.”