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Prof. Andrew Haruna | |
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| Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Gashua | |
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| Born | Andrew Haruna 4 April 1957 Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria |
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Andrew Haruna (born 4 April 1957) is a Nigerian academic. He is a professor of linguistics and Nigerian languages. He served as the vice chancellor of the Federal University of Gashua. [1]
Haruna was born in 1957 in Bauchi State. He attended primary school in Bauchi and secondary school in Bornu. He then attended the University of Maiduguri, where he was awarded BA (Honors) in linguistics. He proceeded to the University of London, where he attained his MSc and PhD in 1985 and 1990. [2]
Andrew Haruna was nominated as the most outstanding plenipotentiary for the Kwame Nkrumah leadership award 2016–2017 which he won. [3]
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