Communications Minister, Isa Pantami Becomes Professor Of Cyber Security

Minister of Communications and Digital Financial system, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has been promoted to the rank of Professor of Cybersecurity.

Mr Pantami is amongst seven Readers (Affiliate Professors) promoted to Professors by the Governing Council of Federal Univerity of Expertise Owerri, FUTO, at its 186th assembly held on Friday, August 20, 2021.

Others promoted from Readers to Professor are Dr Okechukwu Onyelucheya of Chemical Engineering, Dr. Alex I. Opara (Geology), Dr. Conrad Enenebeaku (Chemistry), Dr. Chikwendu Okereke (Geology), Engr. Dr. Lawence Ettu (Civil Engineering) and Dr. Godfrey Emeghara (Maritime Administration Expertise).

The Council additionally permitted the advice of the Educational Employees Appointment and Promotions Committee (Professorial) for the promotion of 9 Senior Lecturers to Readers and two Senior College Librarians to Deputy College Librarians.

A scholar of data know-how, Mr Pantami who just lately bagged the Safety and Emergency Administration Award, SAEMA, on Cybersecurity had lectured at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College, ATBU, Bauchi, on ICT, earlier than becoming a member of the Islamic College of Madinah as Head of Technical Writing in 2014.

He was appointed the Director-Basic and CEO of the Nationwide Info Expertise Improvement Company, NITDA, in 2016, earlier than he was appointed the Minister of Communications and Digital Financial system on 21 August 2019.

A senior lecturer on the FUTO informed PRNigeria that the college committee is happy to have Mr Pantami as one in every of its new seven Professors, despite the fact that the minister has indicated that he wouldn’t obtain remuneration due to his present place.

“We gladly welcome this new set of Professors, in our respected establishment. It’s much more heartwarming to notice that Prof. Pantami has already communicated to the College that he received’t acquire wage for now due to his nationwide project.

“As you’re conscious Professorial title on a person connotes management and distinctive contribution at nationwide and worldwide ranges in analysis, scholarship, instructing/mentorship and studying.

“In Nigerian universities, a professorial appointment has been a prerogative of the Senate of the Universities. Due to autonomy, the standards for the appointment of a professor varies from one college to a different.

“A standards for appointment of a professor is often a course of except sturdy proof signifies some waiver. The professorship isn’t a concept, however a sensible facet; an skilled with the power to profess his experience in his subject/career.

“The process for appointment and conferment of a professor is annual and embody an software by suitably certified people by way of recruitment or promotion.

“The appliance is internally assessed by a panel of assessors (principally professors) often by the related members of a Senate standing committee of Appointment and Promotion (A&PC) of the College.

“Upon the committee’s optimistic evaluation, the College might talk to the applicant his appointment to the professorial place topic to a optimistic evaluation of Exterior Educational Assessors (often three, one in every of which can be a good professor in Europe or North America).

“These Exterior Assessors are unbiased of the applicant and are of professorial standing in a self-discipline associated to the applicant’s core analysis and educational curiosity.

“The referees should not have supervised or collaborated with the applicant on any analysis/scholarly tasks in addition to should not be associated by any means to the applicant.

“Subsequently, in abstract, appointment and promotion to a professorial place is a course of and varies from college to college. College Senate is the ultimate approving physique for the conferment of professorial title on applicant and has additionally the ability to waive sure standards to confer the title when they’re satisfied that the applicant is certified to have the title,” he mentioned.