The Governing Council of Tamale Technical University announces the appointment of
Professor Abass Braimah as the substantive Vice-Chancellor of the university. Professor Abass
takes over from the acting Vice-Chancellor, Engineer Dr. Abdul-Manan Dauda who has been
at the helm of affairs since the institution’s conversion to a Technical University in 2018. The
appointment was done at the 7th Governing Council meeting held on the 26th June, 2020 in
Tamale and will take effect from 1st July , 2020. The Governing Council also appointed Alhaji
Yakubu Iddrisu as Registrar and Alhaji Alhassan Abdul Razak as Director of Finance
respectively.
Until his appointment, Professor Braimah was an Associate Professor in the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering with the Faculty of Engineering and Design at Carleton
University in Canada. He has a wealth of experience from the private sector, Government
sector and academia. Professor Braimah has served as Associate Director of the OttawaCarleton Institute of Civil Engineering in 2016 and from 2017-2018 he was the Director of
Infrastructure Protection and International Security Program at Carleton University. He took a
position in 2001 as a Resource Person at the Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory where
he was responsible for advising the Canadian Government on the protection of critical
infrastructure in Canada and abroad. .
Professor Braimah graduated with a PhD and MSc. in Civil Engineering in 2000 and 1996
respectively at the Queen’s University in Ottawa, Canada. He also obtained an MSc. in
Structures in 1992 from the Higher Institute of Architecture in Bulgaria.
