Umar Pate
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Umaru Pate | |
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| Born | 4 January 1964 |
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| Successor | Alhassan Mohammed Gani |
Umaru Pate (born 1964) is a Nigerian professor of media history and an academic.[1]
He is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Kashere, Gombe State[2][3][4][5][6] and the former Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, Bayero University Kano,[7] the president of Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN), a member of UNESCO Network of Communication Professors.
Umar Pate was born on 4 January 1964 at the District Head's Palace, Song Local Government of Adamawa Emirate, Nigeria.[8] He had his Primary School Leaving Certificate at Nassarao Jeleng LEA Primary School in 1976. He then proceeded to Government College Maiduguri where he emerged as the overall best graduating student of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), GCE O' Level in Arts department in 1981.[9]
Afterwards, he attended college of preliminary studies, Yola, in 1982 for an Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) that qualified him for a direct admission into 200 level in 1984. Pate graduated with a degree in Mass communication in 1987 and then bagged Master of Philosophy University of Ghana, Legon and Phd at University of Maiduguri in 1990 and 1997 respectively.[1]
Career
Umar Pate started his career at the department of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri in 1988, he became an associate professor in 2002. He was appointed a Professor of Mass Communication and Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, Bayero University Kano in 2007.[8][10]
On 20 October 2007, Pate became Professor of Media and Society.[11][12]