Bayero University Shines At 2016 National Mathematics Competition

Bayero  University  has  emerged  3rd at the 2016  National  Mathematics  Competition, which  took  place  from  3rd to  9th April,  2016. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Head of Mathematics Department, Dr. Bashir Ali.A letter with reference number BUK/SCI/MTH/NMC/020, dated, 4th May, 2016. He noted that the competition, which was organised by the National MathematicsCentre, Abuja, was an  annual  event  being  participated  by  students across Nigerian Universities.

According  to  the  statement,  Federal  University of   Technology,   Akure   became   first   while University   of   Ilorin   and   University   of   Uyo jointly emerged second out of the 24 universities that participated in the competition.The statement added that the  Bayero  University team    consisted    of    Dahiru    Abdurrahman-SCI/12/MTH/00002, who got a Gold Medal and took  third  position  out  of  96  participants  while Sahura Badamasi Muhammad-SCI/12/MTH/00027   and   A‟isha   Ibrahim Sulaiman-SCI/12/MTH/00126  bagged  a  Silver Medal    each    after    emerging    9thand    27th, respectively. Also, Ibrahim Abdulfatah-SCI/12/MTH/00002 bagged a Bronze Medal after he emerged 38thin the competition.  The  leader  of  the  team,  according  to the statement, was Dr. Ma‟aruf S. Minjibir.