TIJANI, Dr. Kyari

B.Sc, Ph.D, educationist, born September 12, 1942, Wubza, Marte, Borno State; married Goroma Mustafa Oho 1967, three sons, two daughters; Education: Marte Junior Primary School, Hansari Junior Primary School, Maiduguri, Bama Senior Primary School, 1947-56, Provincial Secondary School, Maiduguri, 1956-66, Advanced Teachers' Col lege, Zaria, 1962-65, University of Exeter, England, 1968-69, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1969-80; Assistant Education Officer and Master Grade II, defunct Northern Nigerian Government, later North-Eastern State Govern ment, and also Borno State Government, 1965-69; Lecturer and Research fellow, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1972-88; Permament Secretary (now Director-General), Political Division, Governor's Office, Borno State, 1979-83; Acting Head, Department of Political Science and Administration, University of Maiduguri, since December 1987; Chairman, Borno State Agency for Mass Literacy Board, since September 1987; Hobbies: current affairs, writing; Official Address: Department of Political Science and Administration, Univer sity of Maiduguri, PMB 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State; Home: Ql, Justice Balanwo Street, University of Maiduguri Campus, Maiduguri, Borno State.