FULafia Elevates Dr. Mohammed Abubakar To Director, Centre for Artificial Intelligence

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FULafia Elevates Dr. Mohammed Abubakar To Director, Centre for Artificial Intelligence 

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Prof. Mohammed Isa Kida, has elevated Kwara-born international scholar, Dr Mohammed Abubakar Mohammed, to the position of Director, Centre for Artificial Intelligence.

The Management announced Dr Mohammed's elevation on June 19, 2026, via the FULafia Bulletin. Recall that the University appointed him six months ago as the Deputy Director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence.

His elevation was attributed to his excellent performance and smooth implementation of the Artificial Intelligence policies of the Institution.

Dr. Mohammed hails from Tsaragi, Edu Local Government of Kwara State. He is the son of Dr. M. N Haruna (Walin of Tsaragi). A retired Di­rector from Presidency, Abuja, former Director of DIFRRI, Kwara State and former commissioner of works and Commerce and Industry in Kwara State.

He earned a B.Tech degree in Geology from Federal University of Technology, Minna. He holds a Master of Science in Petroleum Geosciences from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and a PhD in Development and Exploitation of Oil and Gas Field at Khazar University in Europe and a PhD in Geology from Gideon Robert University in Zambia and Ph.D in Medical Geology (in view) from Nasarawa State University,  Keffi.

The Petroleum Geoscientists joined Energy and Mineral Resources, Lagos in 2015 and worked on seismic data from the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand which forms part of his MSc thesis in Petroleum Geosciences. He has since then published many journals in the field of Geosciences.

He served as the Senior Special Assistant on Solid Minerals Development to Kwara State Governor in his first tenure.

Dr Mohammed recently returned to Nigeria where he worked an a Leading Researcher in a prestigious University abroad. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology at the Federal University of Lafia.