Principal Officers
 

DIRECTOR-GENERAL
Maj Gen. Martin C Osahor FSS MSS DSS psc(+) fwc M.Sc MNSE CON

Education
M.Sc Water Resource Engineering University of Nebraska, 1983
M.Sc Community and Regional Planning University of Nebraska, 1984
B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Royal Military College of Science (RMCS) Shrivenham, Swindon, UK 1975
Certificates in Basic Computing, Basic French and International Humanitarian Law

Appointments
Project Officer 41 Division Engineer 1992
Colonel Operations Army Headquarters 1993
Deputy Commandant, National War College, June 99 - 23 Feb. 2001
Deputy Commandant and Director of Studies NWC June 1999 - 2 March 2001
Commandant, Nigerian Army Engineers and School welfare 23 Feb. 2001 - July 2002

Honors
Passes Staff College (Dagger) (Nigeria).                  Psc(+)
Force Service Star (Nigeria).                                    FSS
Meritorious Service Star (Nigeria).                           MSS
Distinguished Service Star (Nigeria).                        DSS
Fellow of the National War College (Nigeria).            Fwc
Silver Jubilee Medal.
Commander of the Order of Niger (Nigeria).              CON

 

SECRETARY/DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE

Adamu Muhammad

Education
B.Sc. (Hons) Political Science, ABU, Zaria 1973 – 1976
Completed Course Work for M.A. (Law & Diplomacy) University of Jos. (1989 – 1990)
Hewlett Packard Computer Course, Atlanta, USA, 1981
Senior Staff Management Course, OAU, Ile Ife, July 1989

DIRECTOR OF STUDIES

Professor Ibrahim Lawan Bashir
Ph.D. History (Economic History) Boston University, USA, January (1983)
M.A. History, University of Birmingham, UK (1978)
B.A. History (Hons), Ahmadu Bello University (1974)

CAREER HISTORY
IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Head of History Department, University of Sokoto: 1983 – 1985
Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies, University of Sokoto: 1985
Director, Center for Development Studies, University of Jos.: 1987 – 1992
Dean of Students Affairs, University of Jos.: 1998
Chairman, Board of Governors, Center for Continuing Education, University of Jos.: 1994 – 2000
Deputy Vice-chancellor (Administration) University of Jos.: 1998 – 2000
Director of Studies, National Institute, Kuru: 2000 to date

OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY
Member, Federal Government Study Group on Indirect Taxation in Nigeria, 1991
Member, Governing Council of the Historical Society of Nigeria, 1984 – 1990
Interim President, Historical Society Of Nigeria, 1998 – 1999

OTHERS
External examiner to several Universities in Nigeria an Supervised several Ph.D. and M.A. programmes.

Ag. DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

DR Michael Odibeiha Maduagwu

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. (Political Philosophy) University of Innsbruck, Austria, 1982
M. Phil. University of Innsbruck, Austria, 1982
B. Phil. University of Innsbruck, Austria, 1981
Membership in Professional Bodies:

• Secretary, Nigerian Students' Union, Innsbruck, 1982 – 84
• Member of International Progress Organization, Vienna, Austria.
• Member of Nigerian Political Science Association
• Member of African Studies Association, United States Fellowships:
• Full bright African Senior Research Visiting Scholar Award (1992 – 93)
• Defence and Peace Studies Grant – 1998 (Germany)

Author of Ethical Relativism versus Human Rights, London, 1987.

INSTITUTE LIBRARIAN.

DR Benedict Adekunle Oladele

Education
BLS (Library Science) Ahmadu Bello University Zaria  1976 – 1979
MLS (Library Studies) University of Ibadan   1985
Ph.D. (Information Studies) University of Ibadan  2000

Career
Asst. Library Officer, Kaduna Polytechnic   Jan – Sept. 1976
Librarian (Acquisition / Cataloguing), Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, (CRIN) Ibadan September 1982
Senior Librarian / Head, Bibliographic Processing Section, NIPSS. September 1986 – June 1990
Institute Librarian, NIPSS     Oct. 2001 till date

Research Interests
1. Information Policy for Development
2. South – South Application of Information Technology as tools for cooperation and development
3. Africa Contributions to the Knowledge age.

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