PROFESSOR of International Law, Aisha Sani Maikudi, was appointed as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) on Wednesday, June 26.
A statement on UNIABUJA’s social media handles disclosed that her appointment was announced by the university’s Senate, during a meeting held on Wednesday, and she is to temporarily occupy the position until it is approved by the institution’s governing body.
She is to succeed Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, whose tenure will expire on June 30.
Maikudi was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the institution at the time of her appointment.
Born in January 1983, Maikudi hails from Katsina State. She had her secondary education at Queens College, Lagos, where she obtained her West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
She graduated from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom with her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 2004, and in 2005, she obtained her Master of Laws degree (LLM) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
She served as a corps member under the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 2007 at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Headquarters in Abuja.
Maikudi joined UNIABUJA in 2008 as Lecturer II and acquired her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 2015 from the same institution.
In 2014, Maikudi was Head of Department in the university’s Faculty of Law. She became the first female deputy dean of the faculty in 2018 and the following year served as the first director of the institution’s International Centre.
In 2022, Maikudi became a professor at the institution.
She is a member of professional bodies including the Nigerian Law Teachers Association (NLTA), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).
Her predecessor, Na’Allah, is involved in a lawsuit filed by six senior lecturers of the institution following a dispute over the university’s internal council elections.
Ijeoma Opara is a journalist with The ICIR. Reach her via vopara@icirnigeria.org or @ije_le on Twitter.