Dr. Ahmed Tijjani Mora FPSN, FPC.Pharm, FICEN, FMNI, |
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Dr. Ahmed Tijjani Mora, former Registrar of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria
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Born | Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria |
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Years active | 1974–present |
Known for | Pharmacy and Pharmacy management |
Ahmed Tijjani Mora (born May 13th, 1956) is a Nigerian hospital pharmacist, community pharmacist, industrial pharmacist and former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria. Tijjani Mora is the National President of Ahmadu Bello University Alumni Association. He was elected National President of the alumni association in August 2015 at the Annual General Assembly (AGA) held at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The assembly was attended by delegates from over 25 states. Prior to his election, he was the substantive Deputy National president of the association. He succeeded Princess Henrietta Ogan, the immediate past president of the association. He was the pioneer Director of Pharmaceutical Services in the ministry of heath, Kaduna State and also the pioneer Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kaduna State University since he joined the University in 2012.
In addition to his contributions to the field of pharmacy and academics, he is also a pundit and health advocate. In May 2009, during the opening of the workshop on records management organized by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria in the Northern region of Kaduna state, he lamented on the activities and incessant increased in numbers of unregistered patent medicine vendors and the risk it posed on the heath of the people in Kaduna State. Tijjani was among the top Northern professional published by Leadership Newspaper in September 2013.
Tijjani Mora was born on 13 May 1956 to the family of the late Dr. Abdurrahman Mora in Zaria, a major city and a local government area in Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria. He attended Barewa College in Zaria where he obtained the West African School Certificate in 1974 before he received a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from Ahmadu Bello University in 1978. He obtained a master's degree in Pharmacy from the same university in 1985 and a doctorate degree in management study from Usmanu Danfodiyo University.