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.

Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Ilorin Curfew     Olaiya Zuberu     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Toyin Falola     Buari Edun     Amina El-Imam     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Tinubu     Bayer AG     Kwara Liberation Group     Saheed Akinwumi     Olupako     Ahmad Belgore     KWASEIC     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Mamatu Abdullahi     Suleiman Mora Omar     11th Galadima     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Chikanda     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Tosin Saraki     Mohammed Danjuma     Minister     Joseph Daudu     Salihu Ajia     Okin Group     Ayinde Oki     Communication Network Support Services     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Leke Ogungbe     James Ayeni     Police Commissioner     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Malete     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Yaru     Bolaji Aladie     Kannike     KWIRS     Vasolar Consultoria     Garment Factory     Yekini Adio     Kumbi Titiloye     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Marafan Shonga     TETFUND     National Party Of Nigeria     Third Estate     Yakubu Gobir     Assayomo     Bayo Ojo     Tafida Of Kaiama     Tunji Ajanaku     TESCOM     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Olam Food Ingredients     Col. Taiwo     Sanusi Abubakar     Ilorin West     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Saka Saadu     Abdulwahab Oba     COEASU     Babatunde Idiagbon     Kabir Shagaya     Umar Gunu     Falokun-Oja    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sadiq Buhari     Kwara 2015     Photo News     IF-K     Okiki     Turaki     Press Release     Innocent Okoye     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Edret Sabi Abel     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Sadiq Umar     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Funmilayo Mohammed     Sherif Shagaya     Halimah Perogi     Ilorin Muslim Community     Wale Oladepo     Balogun Ajikobi     Guber Aspirant     Danladi     Coronavirus     Bola Magaji     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Valsolar     Aliyu Muyideen     Isiaka Danmeromu     Kamaldeen Gambari     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     GGDSS Pakata     Elerinjare     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Olabimpe Olani     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Moshood Mustapha     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     2023 Elections     Offorjama     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Dan-Kazeem     Eleja     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Aliyu Alhassan     Alliance For Democracy     NURTW     Ajia-Bako     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Sidikat Alaya     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Bisi Kristien     Lanre Jimoh     Shehu Salau     Alfa Belgore     KWIRS     Ayobami Akanbi     Shonga Farm Project     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     IEDPU     Olayinka Are     RTEAN     Saidu Kawu     Kwara United     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     SSUCOEN     Shehu Jimoh     Omotoso Musa     Kola Bukoye     Third Estate     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi