Danladi Slim Matawal

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Danladi Slim Matawal
Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering & former Director-General/CEO NBRRI-FMST Abuja - Nigeria.
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Born (1955-10-30) 30 October 1955 (age 68)
Plateau State, Nigeria
Political partyNon-Partisan
EducationB.eng Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, M.Sc Civil Engineering, University of London Ph.D Civil Engineering
Alma mater Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
OccupationResearch and Lecturing
ProfessionProfessor of Civil Engineering

Danladi Slim Matawal (born 30 October 1955) is a Nigerian distinguished Professor of (Civil engineering); a former Director-General & CEO, Nigerian Building & Road Research Institute (NBRRI), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. [1] [2] He is currently back to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi - Nigeria.

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Life and career

He was born on 30 October 1955 in, Plateau State, Nigeria. [3] He attended elementary school at Nigeria Army Primary School, Plateau State. He attended Government College, Keffi, Nasarawa State where he obtained the West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1968. [4] He later attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he obtained a Bachelor of engineering (B.eng) degree in Civil engineering with a First Class Honour (1974-1978). [5] In 1980, he obtained a Commonwealth scholarship to study at the Imperial College, University of London, where he obtained a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Civil Engineering (1981) and Doctorate degree, Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Lagos (1992). [6] He joined the services of Plateau State Polytechnic as a director of works in 1983 but left the Plateau State Polytechnic in 1987 to join the services of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi as a Lecturer II in the Department of Civil Engineering where he was later appointed a professor in 1999. [7]

Official duties

He had served in several capacities in Nigeria. In 2000, he was appointed as Director of Centre for Distance Learning Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University for four years, a tenure that ended in 2004. After he left that position, he was immediately appointed as Dean of Engineering and Engineering Technology at the same university, a position he held for four years (2004-2008). [8] After that position, he was appointed as Dean of Postgraduate School at the same institution, a position he held for three years (2008-2011).[ citation needed ] In 2011, he was appointed as Director-General and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI), an agency under Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. [9]

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