THE University for Development Studies (UDS) now has a substantive Vice-Chancellor. He is Professor Haruna Yakubu, 55.
According to the acting Registrar of the university, Mr S.M. Kuu-ire, Professor Yakubu has already accepted the offer made to him by the Governing Council of the university. He assumed duty on June 1, this year.
Until his appointment, Professor Yakubu was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast in the Central Region.
He becomes the third vice-chancellor to head the university, which was established in the 1992/93 academic year. Since the last substantive Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Kaburise, went on retirement in 2007, Professor Kaku Sagary Nokoe had been acting as the VC.
The new VC is a Professor of Physics who had both his Master's and PhD degrees at the Moldova State University, Kishinev, Russia, in the early 1990s.
He later lectured in universities in Italy, Russia and Ghana. Professor Yakubu has about 29 publications to his credit.
Among the positions he holds are: Chairman of the Governing Council of the Centre for Renewable Energy Studies (CRES)-Ghana; executive member, Ghana Solar Energy Society, and fellow member of the Council for Advancement and Support for Education-UK.
Other positions include Associate Member, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy, and a Member of the Governing Council of the Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSOA).
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