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Professor Kabir Tahir Hamid "Prof Tahir" (Born 29, January 1973) is the presently the Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences; the Head Department of Banking and Finance; Member, University Quality Assurance Committee; Member, University Senate Business Committee; Member, University Senate; Member, Academic Development Committee; and Member, Academic Board International Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance. He also serves as a Member, Board of Dangote Business School; Member University Management Committee; Member, Committee of Deans and Directors; Chairman, Faculty of Management Sciences Appointment and Promotion Committee; and Chairman, Faculty of Management Sciences Business Committee and Board of Examiners.

Early life and education
Professor Kabir Tahir Hamid was born on 29 January 1973 in Bauchi State the headquarters of Bauchi LGA, Bauchi State. He is from the noble family of the respected enterprising business icon, Late Alhaji Muhammad Tahir Hamid, a descendant of Late Alkali Hamidu. In the tradition of his family and as it is with most Muslim families, he started the Quranic school at the age of 5 before his enrollment into western education. His western education started at Zannuwa Primary School Bauchi, from 1979 to 1985, and later Government College Bauchi (Unity School), from 1985 to 1991. He obtained his B.Sc. Degree in Accounting (Upper Second Class Honours) in 1996, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) in 2002, from Bayero University, Kano (BUK). He proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained a Master of Science (M.Sc.) Degree in Accounting and Finance in 2004. From 2005 to 2008 he was at Bayero University, Kano, where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) Degree in Accounting. Similarly, he attended a number of courses in information and communication technology, which include: Word Processing using Microsoft Word 2000; Multimedia Presentations, and Introduction to Database Management System; and Networking Essentials and Introduction to the Internet.

In addition to his academic qualifications, he is an Associate member of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Nigeria (ICPAN) and Chartered Institute of Treasury Management (CITM). He is also a Fellow, Chartered Institute of Finance and Control of Nigeria CIFCN, and Institute of Debt Recovery Practitioners of Nigeria (IDRPN). He was also the pioneer National Vice-President, Chartered Institute of Finance and Control of Nigeria (CIFCN), from 2009- 2011.

Career
His working experience started as a teacher during his one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Programme in 1997 at Nakowa College, Kafanchan, Kaduna State and an auditor at Jagaba Commodity Brokers Ltd., immediately after his NYSC. He was an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Accountancy, Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, and a Resource Person, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Consultancy Services Unit, Bauchi, from 1997 to 1999. He was at First Bank Nigeria PLC, Gombe Branch, as a Banking Supervisor, from 1999 to 2000. He later returned to Bayero University Kano, in 2000 as a Graduate Assistant, rising to the rank of Professor of Accounting and Finance on 1st October 2018.

Prof. Tahir received an award and Recognised as the "Academic Excellent and Humanitarian service” " in the United State of Ameria by On Sky Global USA is a leading and eminent education service provider based in the United States of America and comprises a rich portfolio of professional certification courses across Technology, Business, Digital Marketing, Project Management, Finance, Language and Heath & Wellness domains through its global associates.

Publications
Prof. Kabir Tahir Hamid has an upwards of forty-five (45) publications in reputable journals, conference proceedings, a book of readings, and technical reports both within and outside the country to his credit. He was the co-author of a biography of an educational icon, entitle: “Alh. Sule Barayan Darazo: The Story of an Epoch in Educational Development”. He was in addition, co-editor of Honesty and Integrity; and Commitment and Due Process, the 3rd and the 4th Proceedings of the National Conference on Ethical Issues in Accounting, held by the Department of Accounting, Bayero University, Kano. He was also a co-editor of the 1st and 2nd Proceedings of International Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance held by the International Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (IIIBF), BUK, and a training compendium entitled “Introduction to Islamic Banking and Finance”, published by IIIBF, BUK. He is an editor to a number of journals, both within and outside the country, including Journal of Qualitative Research in Financial Market, United Kingdom; Journal of Management Studies, Kano State Polytechnic; Journal of Accounting and Finance, Adamawa State University, Mubi; Journal of Accounting and Finance, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State; Bayero Journal of Social Sciences and Administration, School for Continuing Education BUK; and a host of other journals both within and outside the University. He has also attended and presented papers at a number of conferences, seminars and workshops both within and outside the country, among which were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th National Conference on Ethical Issues in Accounting, Organized by the Department of Accounting, BUK, 2003 to 2005; the 37th Bi-Annual Conference of Federal Auditor-General and State Auditors General, June 2008 (as a resource person); the 2nd International Conference on Development, entitled “Rethinking Trade and Industrial Policy for African Development”, organized by the Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA), held in Lusaka, Zambia, July 2008; 6th Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) Conference, held at the University Utara Malaysia (UUM), 27th to 31st December, 2009; and  7th Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) Conference, with the theme “Business and Entrepreneurship Development in a Globalized Era”, held at the University Putra, Malaysia (UPM), 27th to 31st December, 2010. Other conferences attended by him include CODESRIA 3rd International Guy Mhone Conference on Development, entitled:, “The Renaissance of African Economies” organized by Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 20th to 21st December, 2010; International Conference on “Chinese and African Industrialization from Comparative Perspectives”, Organized by the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies (IWAAS) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), held in Beijing, China, 1st to 2nd December, 2011; Eighteenth Annual Financial Reporting and Business Communication Conference organized by the University of Bristol and the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) FARSIG, July 2014; 1st, 2nd and 3rd International Conferences on Islamic Banking and Finance, held by IIIBF, BUK, 2014, 2015 and 2017; and the 1st and 2nd  International Conference and Doctoral Colloquium on “Development in Africa: Perspectives, Issues and Trends, Organized by the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, BUK, 2015 and 2018,  among others. Similarly, he has facilitated a number of training courses for both the public and private sector organizations, in addition to participation in a number of consultancy works, including the World Bank educational expenditure review for Jigawa State, 2007; feasibility study on the provision of district infrastructures in three new districts of the FCT, Abuja (Wuyi, Jahi and Maitama extension) for the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through the issuance of N20 billion Naira development bond in the Nigeria Capital Market under the auspices of the DMO, July 2009; feasibility study for the establishment of plastron doors company in Kano State, under the license of Sorbilite Incorporate, USA, through Awa Company Limited, 2011; and overhaul of accounting and internal control system of a number of organizations, in both the public and private sectors of the Nigerian economy. He has also been a regular facilitator at the training centres of a number of financial institutions, where he leads discussion sessions on various topics, including assets and liabilities management (balance sheet management), government regulatory fiscal and monetary policies, correspondent banking, accounting and internal control systems, accounting ethics and corporate social responsibility, risk management, financial management and control, ethics and governance, and Islamic capital market operations, among others.