Name: DR ABUBAKAR MUHAMMAD SANI
Title(s)/Position: Dean, Faculty of Education, Federal University Dutse
Dr Sani, A.M. holds B.A. Shari’ah (Islamic Studies) from Islamic University, Madinah obtained in
1996 (First Class Honors), M.ED. Islamic Studies from Islamic University, Madinah Saudi Arabia
in 2001 (First Class Honors), and Ph.D. Islamic Studies, with specialization in Islamic Creed
(Aqida) from Islamic University, Madinah Saudi Arabia in 2009 (First Class Honors).
Dr Sani, Abubakar Muhammad is a Member, Nigeria Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic
Studies (NATAIS), member of Takaful Advisory Council, on Takaful Insurance, National Insurance
Commission, since March 2015 to date, and Registered Member, Saudi Academic Association of
Professionals in Theology, Comparative Religion and Sects (2008 to date).
He started his teaching career in the Department of Continuing Education Islamic University
Madinah in 2003, where he taught Arabic to Non-Arabic Speakers including lectures in English on
Islamic Theology and Da’wah. He also taught Comparative Religion and Islamic Sects to level 4
students in the Faculty of Shari’ah and Faculty of Hadith in the Islamic University of Madinah until
2008. In 2012, he taught in the Department of Arts and Social Science Education, Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria until 2020. And from 2021 he teaches as Senior Lecturer with the Department of
Education (Islamic Studies Program), Faculty of Education, Federal University Dutse.
Dr Sani, Abubakar Muhammad has been actively engaged in community service at different
levels within and outside Nigeria by rendering assessment, capacity building and research
consultancy services to different organization and government agencies.
He is presently the Chief Imam of Dutse Emirate, Member of the Dutse Emirate Council and
Member of Council of King Makers.
| S/N
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Name | Department of Education |
| 1 | Dr. Abubakar Muhammad Sani | Islamic Studies Unit |
| 2 | Dr. Mashood Ajibola Abdulraheem | Islamic Studies Unit |
| 3 | Dr. Kabiru Uba Ibrahim | Islamic Studies Unit |
| 4 | Dr. Ahmad Salihu Aminu | Islamic Studies Unit |
| 5 | Ashafa Ibrahim Sani | Islamic Studies Unit |
| 6 | Shamsu Lawan Yahya | Islamic Studies Unit |
| 7 | Nazifa Garba Shitu | Islamic Studies Unit |
| 8 | Adamu Sa’ad Madaki | Library and Information Science Unit |
| 9 | Umar Faruk Dangida | Library and Information Science Unit |
| 10 | Usman Muhammed Song | Library and Information Science Unit |
| 11 | Aminu Ahmad Buba | Library and Information Science Unit |
| 12 | Hussaini Mohammed Mairiga | Library and Information Science Unit |
| 13 | Zainab Mukhtar Yusuf | Library and Information Science Unit |
| 14 | Dr. Abdulhadi Zubairu Yakubu | Primary Education Unit |
| 15 | Dr. Rakiya Maiwada Abubakar | Primary Education Unit |
| 16 | Dr. Muhammad Mudassir Hussain | Primary Education Unit |
| 17 | Dr. Mahmoud Sarki | Primary Education Unit |
| 18 | Hamidu Mohd. Jada | Primary Education Unit |
| 19 | Mustapha Lawan Usman | Primary Education Unit |
| 20 | Yusuf Aminu Kabo | Primary Education Unit |
| 21 | Zainab Sa’id Sa’ad | Primary Education Unit |
| 22 | Ali Abdu Giginyu | Primary Education Unit |
| 23 | Umma Usaiani | Primary Education Unit |
| 24 | Nafisa Muhammad Sani | Primary Education Unit |
| FACULTY OFFICE | |||
| S/N | Name | Designation/Post | |
| 1 | Umar M. Lawal | Faculty Officer | |
| 2 | Abdussalam Umar | Confidential Secretary | |
| 3 | Isa Yusuf | Generator Operator | |
| 4 | Usman Yunusa | Clerical Assistant | |
| 5 | Mubarak Sani | Clerical Assistant | |
| DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | |||
| 1 | Buhari S. Ribadu | Administrative Officer | |
| 2 | Ejike Peace Nkiruka | System Analyst | |
| ISLAMIC STUDIES UNIT | |||
| 1 | Mas’ud A. Likita | Administrative Officer | |
| 2 | Bashir Auwal Kiyawa | Office Attendant | |
| LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE UNIT | |||
| 1 | Abdulsalam Sharif Ahmed | Clerical Officer | |
| 2 | Abdullahi Hassan | Office Attendant | |
| PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIT | |||
| 1 | Ibrahim Danbaba | Clerical Officer | |
| 2 | Lawal Ado | Office Attendant | |