Professor Musa Inuwa Fodio is the current Vice Chancellor of ANAN University, Kwall, Plateau state. Prior to his appointment as VC in March, 2021, he was a Professor of accounting and finance at Nasarawa State University, Keffi and the former Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) of the University.
Professor Musa started his University teaching career in 1997 at University of Abuja and held the position of Head of Accounting Department in the University from 2006 to 2010. He joined the services of Nasarawa State University in 2015. He started his working career in the Bursary department of Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa in 1988 before moving to academics in the same Polytechnic in 1994.
He holds a BSc degree in Accounting from University of Jos, MSc and PhD in Accounting & Finance from ABU, Zaria. He has taught several courses at various levels; from ND, HND, BSc, MSc to PhD level. He has also supervised a number of students’ projects, theses and dissertations too numerous to mention. He has graduated Master’s and Doctoral students in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Abuja, and Nasarawa State University, Keffi.
He has published extensively in local, national and international journals and presented papers at different academic conferences within and outside Nigeria. He presented his professorial inaugural lecture at Nasarawa State University in 2018.
He was a member of the Board of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, the regulatory body responsible for setting accounting standards and regulating accounting and auditing practice in Nigeria from 2013 to 2021 where he served as Chairman, Finance and General Purpose Committee and Member, Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.
He is a member of several professional bodies and learned societies including the famous Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Management Consultants, National Accounting Association and the Association of Forensic Accounting Researchers (AFAR).
He has both academic and professional international exposure. The countries he visited include the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, The Republic of Gambia, Cameroon, Ghana, and Mozambique.
He is happily married and blessed with children.
