Felicia Asuquo, Abuja
Professor Aisha Maikudi has been announced as the acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja. At 41 years, she becomes the youngest ever acting VC of the institution.
Maikudi succeeds Professor Abdulrasheed Na’allah, the institution’s sixth Vice Chancellor, whose tenure will end on June 30.
The senate approved her appointment pending the selection of a substantive Vice Chancellor by the university’s governing council.
In her acceptance speech, Maikudi expressed gratitude to members of the Senate for the confidence reposed in her.
She said, “I want to extend my deepest respect and appreciation to you all for the strong support and the unwavering commitment that you have accorded me.”
Aisha Maikudi was born on January 31st, 1983 in Zaria, Kaduna State,hails from Katsina State. She attended Queens College, Lagos where she obtained her WASSCE and proceeded to obtained her LLB degree from the University of Reading, UK, her LLM from the London School of Economics, UK, BL from the Nigeria Law School, Abuja, and her Ph.D from the University of Abuja, Nigeria.
Aisha did her mandatory National Youth Service Corps at the Corporate Secretariat and Legal Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in 2007 and in 2008, Aisha became a Lecturer 2 at the University of Abuja.
She has written extensively on United Nations Law which is her specialization and also has a Postgraduate course on United Nations Law and has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate works.
Following her pedigree as a certified lawyer,she taught Company Law for over 12 years and is well-versed in its mechanics, participated in numerous conferences and trainings worldwide.
Aisha Maikudi is a woman of many firsts some of which include; the first female and youngest Head of Department, Faculty of Law in 2014, first female and youngest Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law in 2018.
The youngest Professor of the University of Abuja and one of the youngest professors in Nigeria and the first female Professor of Law in the North West and the University of Abuja.Until her new role,she was the pioneer Director, University of Abuja International Centre in 2019.
