Nigeria, May 25 -- The Nigerian government has appointed Sani Usman as the 7th substantive Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, in Bauchi State.

The letter of appointment was, on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, handed over to the new appointee by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.

Until his current appointment, Mr Usman was the polytechnic's Deputy Rector, a position he held from 2018 to 2022.

The appointment, according to the institution's Deputy Registrar in charge of public relations, Muhammad Rabiu, is effective from 21 May.

He succeeds Sanusi Waziri, who was appointed in February, 2018.

Mr Usman, 60, joined the service of the Polytechnic in 1989 and rose through the ranks to become Chief Lecturer in 2014.

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