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With the exit of
the former Vice Chancellor, Attahiru Jega, the Congregation of the
Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has graded the four contenders for the
vacant position of the university’s vice chancellorship.

The contenders
include the acting vice chancellor, Abubakar Adamu Rasheed; Auwalu
Hamisu Yayadu; Mansur Malumfashi; and Magaji Garba Azare. Announcing
the result over the weekend after the congregation, which took place at
the Professor Musa Abdullahi Auditorium, the returning officer, Abdul
Yuguda, said Mr Rasheed, a professor of English, assumed a first
position in the ranking with 370 votes, while Mr Yayadu, former Special
Adviser to late Head of State, Sani Abacha, on Legal Matters, of the
faculty of Law came second with 70 votes. The current Librarian of the
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Mr Malumfashi scored 34
votes, while Mr Azare of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, scored 2 votes in absentia.

Congregation is the gathering of all Degree holders working in the
university, both from the academic or non academic units, and their
input is one of the criteria to measure the acceptability of the
various contenders in the vacant position. The position became vacant
following the appointment of the Mr Jega as INEC Chairman. Mr. Yuguda,
however, said the ranking is not a final verdict in the selection
exercise, saying it is one of the processes of electing the vice
chancellor. He said the outcome of the ranking will be submitted to the
Governing Council for deliberation along with other criterion. Former
editor and academic, Mr Rasheed, is presently the acting Vice
Chancellor of the institution.