Suleiman Aruwa: Respected Professor of Accounting and Finance

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Professor Suleiman Aruwa is an academic, mentor, distinguished Abusite, and consultant. He is a Professor of Accounting and Finance, the Pioneer Director of Entrepreneurship Development Centre; former Dean, School of postgraduate studies, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, and former President, Nigerian Accounting Association.

He is a multidisciplinary consultant with professional training and experiences in capacity building and research.

Professor Suleiman Aruwa
Professor Suleiman Aruwa

Professor Suleiman Aruwa started his academic pursuit at the Arabic Central Primary School, Idah in Kogi State, North Central Nigeria where he studied from 1978 – 1984, acquiring his first school leaving certificate (FSLC). He attended the Federal Government College from 1984 – 1990 for his secondary education.

In his quest to acquire not just more education but a quality kind of education, Suleiman proceeded to the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University Zaria where he studied from 1992 – 1997 obtaining a BSc in Accounting and finance, and from 2000 – 2002 for an MSc in the same field. He capped it with a PhD in the same field from the Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA) in 2010.

Professor Aruwa has several years lecturing and research experiences cutting across multiple respected tertiary institutions in Nigeria including the Nigerian Defence Academy, University of Abuja, and the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria.

He began his teaching career at Kaduna Polytechnic as an assistant lecturer from 1999 – November 2001. He moved to Nigerian Defense Academy in March 2002 as a graduate assistant where he rose to the position of Lecturer II in 2005.

He transferred his services from the NDA in February 2007 to the University of Abuja where he resumed as a Lecturer 1. He moved to the Nasarawa state university in November 2008 after just one year and ten months.

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At the Nasawa State University Keffi, Suleiman Aruwa rose from the position of Snr Lecturer in 2008 to an associate professor in October 2011 and a full professor of Accounting and Finance in 2014.

He was appointed the Director of the Entrepreneurship Development Center, Nasarawa state University from 2011 to 2014; Dean faculty of Administration, 2014 – 2016; and Fean school of postgraduate studies from 2016 to 2018.

Prof. Suleiman Aruwa served as Vice President, International Association of Education and Research, 2015 – 2016. He was later elected President of the Nigerian Accounting Association, the National Professional body for accounting academics in tertiary education institutions in Nigeria. A position served from March 2016 until August 2020.

An internationally-acclaimed specialist in Accounting, Public Budgeting/Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance & Strategy, he is an author of several texts and peer-reviewed articles in refereed Journals.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Classic Entrepreneurs as well as Editorial Adviser of African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (AFRIJESB).

Professional Achievements of Prof Suleiman Aruwa

  1. Vice President Nigerian Accounting Association, 2013-2015
  2. Establishment of Entrepreneurship Development Centre, Nasarawa State University, Keffi (2011) as pioneer Director.
  3.  Establishment of Governmental and Financial Accounting Research (GAFAR) Centre Nasarawa State University, Keffi (2011) as pioneer Director.
  4.  Establishment of Department of Banking and Finance, Nasarawa State University, Keffi (2011) as H.O.D., Accounting (2011).
  5.  Establishment of Department of Entrepreneurship Studies, Nasarawa State University, Keffi (2011) as Director, Entrepreneurship Development Centre (2011).
  6.   Full Accreditation of B.Sc. programmes in the Faculty of Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria as H.O.D. Accounting (2011).
  7.   Full Accreditation of B.Sc. programmes in the Faculty of Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi by National Universities Commission as Acting Dean/Deputy Dean (2010).
  8.  Introduction of PhD Accounting and Finance & Masters in Public Sector Accounting (MIPSA) in the Department of Accounting, Nasarawa State University, Keffi (2010/2011) as H.O.D., Accounting.
  9.  Introduction of MBA, MPA, and MIPSA (with Specializations), Faculty of Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi as Postgraduate Board Representative (2009/2010).
  10. The successful hosting of Faculty of Administration National Conferences in 2010 and 2011 as Chairman, Conference Organizing Committee.
  11. Ten (10) Successful hosting of the International Entrepreneurship Research Conference in 2012 as Chairman, Conference Organizing Committee.

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