YOLA — Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has approved the appointment of Dr. Yusuf Benson Baha as the new provost of the College of Education Hong.
Dr. Baha’s appointment followed the expiration of the two-term tenure of Prof. Johnson Pongri.
A statement by Umar Daware, Commissioner of Higher Education showed that the Governor also appointed other Principal Officers of the College to include Shuaibu Ahiwa Registrar, Isa Sali Song Librarian, and Augustine Kafari as Bursar.
According to the statement, all the appointments are with immediate effect.
Fintiri while wishing them successful tenure urged them to uphold the ideals of the present administration towards enhancing education in the State.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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