Ibrahim Umar
Ibrahim Khalil Umar is a Nigerian scientist and university administrator. He was Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria from 1979 to 1986.[1] He holds a B.Sc. in physics and mathematics from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, a M.Sc. in physics from Northern Illinois University, USA and a Ph.D. (1974) in physics at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.[2] In 1976 he became the first Nigerian academic in physics to teach at Bayero University.[3] In 1978 he served on the national constitutional assembly that drafted the Constitution of the 2nd Republic.[4]
Between 1994 and 1997, Umar served as Sole Administrator of the Federal University of Technology, Minna.[5]
He represented Nigeria at the Executive Assembly of the World Energy Council from 1990. He was a member of the Nigerian delegation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference from 1989 and was appointed Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria in 1989. He served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the IAEA for 2000–2001.[2] In 2004 he was the Director of the Centre for Energy Research and Training, where the first Nigerian research nuclear reactor is located.[6]
In 2007, he was on the international advisory committee for the international workshop on Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development in Africa, held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in Nigeria.[7]
Honour
As one of the former Vice chancellor of Bayero University Kano state a lecture Twin theatre was name after him at the university old campus along Biochemistry department Road.
Death
On the 30th of January 2023 his son Faruk Ibrahim Umar announced his death.[8]
References
- ^ History of Bayero University Archived 2008-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b International Atomic Energy Authority Archived 2007-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Kano Elders Forum appoints Professor Ibrahim Umar as new chairman". Daily Post Nigeria. 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ fnge; Dantiye, Halilu Ibrahim; mni (2014-12-27). "Kano Elders Forum Appoints Prof. Ibrahim Umar As New Chairman". PRNigeria News. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "Our History". www.futminna.edu.ng. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ Nigeria launches 2 nuclear reactors Archived 2007-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Renewable Energy Conference Archived 2009-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Former BUK VC, Prof Umar, is dead". Daily Trust. 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
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- International Atomic Energy Agency officials
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- Academic staff of the Federal University of Technology, Minna
- Vice-Chancellors of Federal University of Technology, Minna