Bello Bako Dambatta

Dambatta was born on 15 December 1950 in the city of Kano, Nigeria.^[1] He began his higher education at Kaduna Polytechnic (1970–72), then moved to England, where he attended Huddersfield Polytechnic (1972–74), Trent Polytechnic (1974–75), the University of Bradford (1975–76), and Lancaster University (1980-83).^[1] He completed his PhD at Lancaster University, with a thesis titled A study of the free-radical polymerisations of tri-n-butyltin methacrylate and i-vinylimidazole.^[2]

He was appointed a lecturer at Bayero University, Kano in 1978, and was promoted, reaching full professor in 1994.^[1] He served as the head of the Department of Chemistry from 1991 until 1995, and was dean of the Faculty of Science from 1992 until 1995.^[1] He was vice-chancellor of Bayero University from 1995 to 1999,^[3] and was the first to be selected by the faculty of the university (previous vice-chancellors had been appointed centrally by the government).^[4]

Dambatta became a fellow of the Chemical Society of Nigeria in August 1996.^{[1] [better source needed]}

To honour and remember his work, the Bello Bakko Dambatta Lecture Theatre was named after him. It is located at the pharmacy department at the Bayero University Kano old site.^{[citation needed]}