Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the
appointment of Dr Abdul Jimoh Mohammed as substantive Rector of the
Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, a government’s statement said on
Friday.
The statement was signed by the Secretary to the State Government Prof
Mamman Saba Jibril.
Mohammed was until his appointment the Deputy Rector (Academics) at
the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State.
He holds two doctorate degrees, including one in Metallurgical and
Material Science at the Witwatersrand University South Africa in 2016.
He had bagged his Masters of Engineering (Mechanical) in 1998 from the
Obafemi Awolowo University, eight years after he finished his first
degree in a Mechanical Engineering (1990) at the University of Ilorin.
He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science.
Dr. Mohammed has managerial experiences in the academics spanning 27
years. He was Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering (FPO)
between 2000 and 2004; Dean of Faculty of Engineering (FPO) between
2008 and 2012; and Deputy Rector Academics (FPO) between 2011 and
date.
He is a corporate member of the Nigeria Society of Engineers;
Registered Engineer with the Council for Regulation of Engineering in
Nigeria (COREN); corporate member of the Nigerian Institution of
Mechanical Engineers and Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Data
Processing Management.
Dr Mohammed has the patent certificate for inventing hydrogen storage
tank presented to him by the Minister of Science and Technology Dr
Ogbonnaya Onu – a mark of his academic prowess.
Born in 1966, Dr Mohammed hails from Ilorin in Kwara Central.
