Gov. Matawalle Appoints 412 Permanent Staffers for Zamfara Varsity

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Wednesday approved appointment of 412 permanent academic and non academic staffers for the proper take off of the State University, Talata Mafara.

This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau by the Special Adviser to Matawalle on Public Enlightenment, Media, and Communications, Malam Zailani Bappa.

“As part of his efforts at revamping the education sector, Gov Bello Matawalle has approved the recommendations for the appointment of 412 permanent academic and non academic staff for Zamfara University, Talata Mafara.

“This follows an earlier recommendation put forward by the management of the university.

“The Governor’s approval, which takes immediate effect as confirmed by the state Head of Service Alhaji Kabiru Gayari”, Bappa said.

According to Bappa, the report by the committee on strategy and development, Matawalle had earlier directed the Ministry for Higher Education to liaise with the management of the institution.

This was to ensure implementation of all key recommendations for the smooth take-off of the university.

It said that building on the directive to implement the recommendations of the report by the Prof. Yusuf-led committee, the university’s Vice-Chancellor Prof. Yahaya Zakari coordinated the recruitment exercise of the new workers.

“The process was supervised by the Ministry for Higher Education and in line with National Universities Commission (NUC) accreditation requirements and the Zamfara Civil Service Regulations.

“Consequently, out of the 412 recommended candidates, 205 were recommended for appointment as academic staff in various positions comprising Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers I, Lecturers II, Assistant Lecturers, and Graduate Assistants.

“The positions are spread across all the Departments in the university, which include the Nursing Sciences, Public Health, Physiotherapy, Human Nutrition and Dietetics.

”Others are Geology, Physics, Electronics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Computer Science, Biology and Chemistry among others*, he said.