The Governing Council of the Air Pressure Institute of Know-how (AFIT) has accepted the appointment of Prof. Auwal Kasim of the Division of Metallurgical and Supplies Engineering, Ahmadu Bello College, Zaria, as the brand new provost of the Institute.
A press release by the Directorate of Public Affairs of the college made out there to newsmen in Kaduna on Friday mentioned the appointment of the brand new provost was contained in a letter dated December 28, 2023, and signed by the Registrar of the Institute, Air Commodore Mohammed Sheriff Lawal.
The assertion additionally famous that Prof. Kasim’s appointment adopted his success on the interview for the highest job.
“The appointment, which is for a single non-renewable tenure of 5 years, is in step with the Institute’s legal guidelines and rules governing the situations of service for tutorial employees.
Prof. Kasim’s appointment is efficient January 8, 2024. He’s taking over from Prof. Muhammad Dauda, additionally a employees member of Ahmadu Bello College from the Division of Mechanical Engineering, who had simply completed serving his tenure as Provost of the Institute for 5 years.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabiru Bala, congratulated Prof. Kasim on his emergence because the Institute’s Provost and wished him God’s steerage within the discharge of the nationwide project.
The Air Pressure Institute of Know-how is a tertiary establishment with a mix of navy and civilian employees and college students accredited by the Nationwide Universities Fee (NUC), the Nationwide Board for Technical Training (NBTE), and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).
The Institute can be a Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)-approved coaching organisation for the conduct of the Preliminary Plane Licence Preparatory Course (ILPC).
Till the brand new appointment, Prof. Kasim was the Director of Engineering Providers at Ahmadu Bello College Consultancy Providers (ABUCONS) Nigeria Restricted.
Kasim, who has over twenty years of educational expertise at Ahmadu Bello College, additionally served because the Head of the Division of Metallurgical and Supplies Engineering, throughout which he initiated and supervised the institution of mining engineering.
Prof. Kasim, whose analysis curiosity is on corrosion and degradation of supplies, materials improvement, and characterization, taught and supervised many college students at each undergraduate and postgraduate ranges.
Kasim is a Fellow of the Nigeria Corrosion Affiliation (NiCA) and the Nigerian Metallurgical Society (NMS), in addition to a Member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), and the Nigerian Society of Mining Engineers (NSME).