Tanko Ishaya | |
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10th substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos | |
Assumed office December 2021 | |
Preceded by | Seddi Sabastian Maimako |
Personal details | |
Education | University of Jos University of Manchester |
Occupation | Computer Science Professor |
Tanko Ishaya is a Nigerian Professor of Computer Science [1] and the vice chancellor of the University of Jos. [2] He was elected into office in December 2021. [3]
Ishaya obtained a bachelor of science in Mathematics Education from the University of Jos in 1992 and began to teach Mathematics at the College of Agriculture,Zuru,Kebbi State. He completed a Masters Degree in Computation at the University of Manchester in 1997. [1] and completed a Ph.D. in Computing Studies in 2001. After a period of years lecturing at the University of Hull (Scarborough Campus),he returned to Jos,where he was later promoted to a Professor of Computer Science in 2012. [1]
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