James Baldwin quoted ” People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them”. In this article, you’ll get to know the brief history behind one of the giant university in northern Nigeria; the Bayero University Kano.
Brief History
Bayero University Kano (BUK) is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, founded in 1977 and was renamed from Bayero University College to Bayero University Kano (Upgraded from university college to university). It is the first university in Kano State.
The seed of Bayero University Kano(BUK) bore the name Ahmadu Bello College, founded in January 1960 by the Northern Nigeria Ministry of Education headed by Isa Kaita.
The university first had the intention to prepare senior secondary certificate holders for G.C.E. and some A-level courses including Arabic, Hausa, Islamic History, Islamic Studies and English Literature.
Establishment
Upon the establishment of Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State, Ahmadu Bello College was renamed to Abdullahi Bayero College, after Abdullahi Bayero the Emir of Kano and soon thereafter it became a faculty of the new university.
Initially, it was located on the grounds of the School of Arabic Studies near the palace of the Emir, before it was moved to a location at the old Kano Airport Hotel.
Moreover, the college remained until March 1968, when it moved to Western Kano to make way for a military hospital (the Nigerian Civil War had started the previous year).
The first students began their studies in February 1964, and they graduated in July 1966. In the late ’90s. the college became a university college and was renamed Bayero University College, with Mahmud Tukur as principal.
Furthermore, the status was again changed, to that of the university, and Bayero University became the name; Tukur became vice-chancellor. In 1980 the university ceased functioning as a faculty of its Zaria counterpart.
Bayero University is well known and respect for its culture and style of awarding certificate base on character and learning having tough Regulations Governing The General Behavior of Students
The Vice Chancellors
The table below shows the full list of all Vice-Chancellors that has ruled Bayero University till date.
| S/N | NAME | DURATION |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahmud Tukur | 1977–1977 |
| 2 | Prof. James O.C. Ezeilo | 1978- 1979 |
| 3 | Prof. Ibrahim H. Umar | 1979-1986 |
| 4 | Prof. Dandatti Abdulkadir | 1986-1991 |
| 5 | Prof. M. S. Zahraddeen | 1991-1995 |
| 6 | Prof. B.B. Dambatta | 1995-1999 |
| 7 | Prof. Musa Abdullahi | 1999-2004 |
| 8 | Prof. Danjuma A. Maiwada (Acting VC) | 2004- 2005 |
| 9 | Prof. Attahiru M. Jega | 2005-2010 |
| 10 | Prof. A.A Rasheed | 2010-2015 |
| 11 | Prof. Muhammad Yahuza Bello | 2015 to date |
Vice-Chancellors of Bayero University Kano