Nigerian Defence Academy, wey dey for Kaduna State, don yan say dem don promote Lt. Col. Abubakar-Surajo Imam to di rank of Professor for Mechatronics Engineering.
Dem talk say Imam na di first professor wey dey active duty for di history of Nigerian Army.
Di Registrar of di Academy, Brig.-Gen. A.M. Tukur talk dis tori for statement wey im release for Friday for Kaduna.
E talk say di promotion don dey follow from October 1, 2023, after di NDA Council Meeting ratify am for September.
Tukur yan say di council decision show say dem get confidence for di work wey Imam don do for di Department of Mechatronics Engineering for di Academy.
E still talk say Imam don show example with di way e work and e maintain di standard of excellence wey dem dey expect for im field.
“For di Commandant and all di staff for di Academy, I dey congratulate you well for your promotion wey you deserve. We dey expect say you go still dey work hard to show say you deserve di confidence wey dem don give you,” na im Tukur talk.
Imam, wey come from Kankia for Katsina State, get Bachelor’s Degree for Mechanical Engineering from Bayero University for Kano State.
E still get Master’s Degree for Mechatronics from Newcastle University, United Kingdom, and Ph.D. for Mechatronics and Robotics from di same university.
Imam enter Nigerian Army as part of Short Service Combatant Course 32 and dem post am for Nigerian Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
E later kon change to Regular Commission and serve for different units wey include 1 Base Workshop, Technical Group EME, HQ Nigerian Army Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Corps, and DICON.
Imam na Examiner and Member for Central Selection Committee wey di Petroleum Technology Development Fund dey sponsor Master and Ph.D. candidates for.
E still dey do research for Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria, Defence Research and Development Bureau for Abuja, Command Engineering Depot, Buffalo Engineering Technology, and di National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure.
Imam still dey do research for Air Force Institute of Technology for Kaduna; Ahmadu Bello University for Zaria; and Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology for Wudil, Kano State.
Di new professor don attend over 40 international workshops and many seminars and e don present papers for plenty conferences for United Kingdom, Spain, Egypt, and United States of America.
E still dey serve as di Head for Department of Mechatronics Engineering and Director for Centre for Innovation and Creativity for NDA.
Imam, through im Research and Development efforts, don help NDA well-well for making dem dey recognized among Nigerian universities.
E still follow for di people wey start di NDA Department of Mechatronic Engineering and establish di Centre for Innovation and Creativity.
Di centre dey useful for making Nigeria fit develop Military Industrial Complex by promoting innovation and creativity for technology wey concern military and other civil things, so dat Naija no go dey too depend on foreign solutions.
Im don write many books wey cover Mechatronics; PIC Microcontrollers; Embedded Systems Design; Sensors and Actuators for Embedded Systems; Coding, Robotics, and Drone technology for Kids; and Field Manuals for Drone Technology, among odas.