Prof. Dr. Abdalla Uba Adamu, holds double professorships in Science Education (1997) and Media and Cultural Communication (2012) from Bayero University Kano,

Appointed the Vice-Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) on February 11, 2016, for a single term of five years (thus ending February 10, 2021). Responsible for running and co-ordinating the largest Open and Distant Learning (ODL) Institution in Africa, with over 130,000 students.