Maitama Sule University, Kano

Yusuf Maitama Sule University Kano, formerly Northwest University Kano is a Kano State Government-owned university with a temporary campus located at the center of the city of Kano and a main campus located along Gwarzo Road. It is one of the universities established in Nigeria in 2012 which are overseen and accredited by the NUC National Universities Commission.[1]

Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano
Former names
Northwest University Kano
TypePublic
Established2012
Officer in charge
Sulaiman Sale
ChairmanMuhammad Yahuza Bello
ChancellorAlh. Isma'ila Muhammad Mera, CON Emir of Argungu
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Mukhtar Atiku Kurawa
Dean5
Academic staff
500
Administrative staff
2000
Undergraduates7000
Location
Kano
,
Kano State
,
Nigeria
CampusKano
ColorsBrown, Green, Red
NicknameYUMSUK
AffiliationsNUC, ASUU
SportsFootball, Basket Ball
Websitewww.nwu.edu.ng

History

The Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano was established in 2012 by the administration of Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso by way of promoting and enhancing the country's-old prominence of the North-West as both cynosure and pacesetter in the fields of learning and scholarship not only in West Africa, but throughout the continent and beyond.[2] The Northwest temporary building was built by Techno Katagum Construction company ltd.it was initially built as a commercial building by the kano state government, during the regime of Alhaji Abubakar Rimi.

References
  1. "National Universities Commission".
  2. "YUMSUK".

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