UniAbuja VC, Prof Na'Allah Bags Nation Builders Achievers Award

Date: 2020-11-23

The vice-chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul Rasheed Na'Allah, has been nominated for the Nation Builders Achievers Award (NBAA).

A statement made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday in Abuja, signed by the national director, NBAA, Amb Raymond Jefferson said the award event was birthed to recognize individuals and organisations that have distinguished themselves in their contributions towards the growth and development of Nigeria/Africa.

He said Prof. Na'Allah has curated and implemented several milestone disciplines and curricula in several universities and institutions of higher learning.

Jefferson said the "erudite professor received a BA in 1988 from University of Ilorin, with a thesis "Dadakuada: The Trends in the Development of Ilorin Traditional Oral Poetry", subsequently published in African Notes and in 1992 received a MA Literature in English from the same university.

"In 1999, he received his PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and was subsequently professor and chair of African-American Studies at Western Illinois University. He then became the vice chancellor of Kwara State University in Nigeria, and now vice chancellor and chief executive of University of Abuja, in the Nigerian Capital City.

"Prof. Rasheed is the author and co-author of numerous books, but some books of his that are most recent are Yoruba Oral Tradition in Islamic Nigeria: A History of Dadakuada (Routledge, 2019), Globalization, Oral Performance, and African Traditional Poetry (Palgrave Macmillan, March 2018), African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance (Routledge, 2010) and Africanity, Islamicity, and Performativity: Identity in the House of Ilorin (Bayreuth African Studies, 2009), and edited a poetry book, Obama-Mentum: An Anthology of Transformational Poetry, etc."

He added that the nation builder alongside other meritoriously nominated awardees will be presented their awards at the in Abuja on 18 December, 2020.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yahaya A Paniyaro     Ogidi-Oloje     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Kale Ayo     Ahmed \'Lateef     Maigida     KwaraLearn     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     General Hospital, Ilorin     Bayo Ajia     Omu Aran     Oni Adebayo     Alikinla     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Tanke Road     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Millennium Development Goals     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Baba Isale     Babaita     Ramadhan     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Imam Gambari     Kola Bukoye     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Owode Market     Olam Food Ingredients     S.O. Opowoye     Ayinde Oyepitan     Kayode Ogunlowo     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Lawal Olohungbebe     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     PharmAccess Foundation     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Budo Egba     Abatemi Usman     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Hamidu Olowo     Diagnostic Centre     Yakubu Danladi     Iponrin     Trader Moni     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Jelili Yusuf     Bolakale Ayo     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Gabriel Fashanu     Gbemisola Saraki     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Gbenga Adebayo     Surajudeen Akanbi     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Akanbi-Oke     Alabere     Ali Ahmad     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Bibire Ajape     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     NAWOJ     Oya State     Centre For Digital Economy     Omotosho     Bello John Olanrewaju     Monsurat Omotosho     Senate     Elekoyangan     Raji AbdulRasaq     Old Oyo     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Trade Lenda SME Fair    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Salary     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Igbomina     Idris Garuba     IPSAS     Akeem Lawal     CELF     Abubakar Usman Jos     Sunday Otokiti     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Abraham Ojo     Tinubu     Yetunde Balogun     Ojo Fadumila     Ladi Hassan     Idi-Ape     Read With Me     Isapa     Bashirat Bola Bello     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Centre For Digital Economy     Guber Aspirant     Ahmad Lawan     Isiaka Gold     Olaitan Buraimoh     Lotus Bank     GGDSS Pakata     Suwa-Arabs     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Nurudeen Mohammed     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Pakata Patriots     Owo Arugbo     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Arca Santa     Oko-Olowo     Rashidi Yekini     Yakub Ali-Agan     Abdulazeez Arowona     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Frootify     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Kwara State Governor     Olabanji Orilonishe     Mufti Of Ilorin     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Oluronke Adeyemi     Nigerian Correctional Service     Popo-Igbonna     Maryam Nurudeen     Akume     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Sabi     Col. Adedipe     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Chikanda     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Ibrahim Mohammed     Adamu Atta     Boko Haram     Sadiq Buhari     Adedipe     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Quarry Royal Valley     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Ita-Nmo Market     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Abdulhakeem Amao     Ibrahim Mashood     Senate Presidency