NUC appoints two Deputy Secretaries to oversee varsities

The National Universities Commission on Friday announced the appointment of two Deputy Executive Secretaries, Dr Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf and Dr Kidado Kumo, who will be assisting the Executive Secretary, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, to oversee the affairs of Nigerian universities.

The commission said in its weekly bulletin obtained by our correspondent in Abuja that Ramon-Yusuf would be in charge of academics, while Kumo would head administration.

The appointments were backdated to June 20, 2019, after approval was by the NUC Governing Board.

The NUC bulletin partly reads, “Before his appointment, Ramon-Yusuf was the Director of Research, Innovation and Information Technology at the commission. He participated in the university staff development programme in 2002. He was, until the appointment, Director of Academic Planning at the commission.

“Kumo began his career at the commission as an Assistant Chief Research Officer in 1997 and became a Director, Executive Secretary’s office in 2013, a post he held until his redeployment to the Department of Academic Standards in 2014.”