Rasheed, who made the announcement during the approval of the Kogi State University Kabba, in Abuja on Monday, said this would enable him to return to class as his primary assignment.
He said he would continue his lecturing job at the Bayero University Kano, from where he was appointed after spending seven years in the commission.
Rasheed, a Nigerian academic, administrator and a professor of English, was Vice-Chancellor, Bayero University Kano between 2010-2015, and assumed office as the executive secretary of the commission in 2016.
According to his profile on the IPC Centre, he was born in October 1957 at Makarfi in Kaduna State.
“Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed mni MFR attended the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School, Makarfi between 1966 and 1971; School for Arabic Studies, Kano (1972-1976); Bayero University, Kano (1977-1980 and 1981-1983); Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1986-1991) and the University of Nottingham, England, (1989-1990). He holds, among other qualifications, a B.A., two MAs, and a PhD in different aspects of English Studies,” it adds.
