The vice chairman of Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil
Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) Federal Zone, Aliyu Muhammad Maradun, has bagged an honorary doctorate degree in Financial Management and Administration from the University of Management and Technology (UNIMTECH), Sierra Leone.
The letter conveying the award, which was signed by the university’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Roseline Emeh Uyanga, said Maradun has distinguished himself in his chosen walk of life.
“You have left an indelible mark and impact on the lives of people and on the larger society,” an excerpt from the letter stated.
Maradun, who is also the Head of Commerce Department in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Water Board, was given the award for his “repertoire of academic and professional accomplishment, a large portfolio experience and globally competitive assignments, which could be recorded in the annals of human endeavour and the academia.”
In the oration at the weekend, the university said “in conformity with the ethics and norms in the academia, we are glad at your investiture and hereby decorate one of Africa’s best public administrators, brilliant scholar and consummate financial administration and management personality in the unassuming persona of Aliyu Muhammad Maradun with the university’s highest academic award of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) in Financial Management and Administration of the University of Management and Technology (UNIMTECH), Sierra Leone.
The award, the orator said, is exclusively conferred on extraordinary individuals who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields of endeavour.
Maradun, who was elated at the presentation, appreciated the institution’s Senate for finding him worthy for the award and promised that the award would rather spur him to do more to the society and especially the FCT Water Board.
He dedicated the award to the immediate past and present general managers of the agency, Tauheed Amusan and Dan Salka Audu, for giving him the opportunity to serve humanity and the commerce department of the agency.
