Muhammad Dattijo Usman (Ubandoman Minna) was born on 17 July 1957 in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. His education took him from LEA Primary School, Kuta and Government Secondary School, Minna to the College of Education, Sokoto, Bayero University, Kano, and later the University of Abuja.
Research identifier: ORCID 0009-0005-9866-6939 ↗
Education
His formal education began at LEA Primary School, Kuta, where he studied from 1963 to 1969 and obtained the First School Leaving Certificate. He continued at Government Secondary School, Minna from 1970 to 1974, obtaining the West African School Certificate.
First School Leaving Certificate, 1969
West African School Certificate, 1974
Nigeria Certificate in Education, 1978
BA (Hons), Second Class Upper, 1983
Master of Public Administration, 2000
Early career
His early professional experience included library work at Ahmadu Bello University, national service in Rivers State, and teaching appointments in Niger State.
Higher education administration
After serving at Federal Polytechnic, Bida from 1987 to 1991, he joined the Federal University of Technology, Minna. His responsibilities there included information and publications, general administration and establishment functions. He served as Acting Registrar from 2003 to 2007 and Registrar from 2007 to 2012.
Academic and professional service
He later served as Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai. His professional involvement has included public relations, university administration and management bodies, alongside institutional and community service.
Writing and scholarship
His surviving record includes poetry, academic research, essays, lectures and presentations extending from the early 1980s onward. Published poems documented in his records include Plight Sunshine, Lonesome and Hawkish Advances. This digital archive is being developed to preserve those works alongside other surviving documents and records.
