Rasheed disclosed this in an interaction noted that he would be returning to the Bayero University Kano to continue his job as a lecturer.

The NUC boss made the decision to avoid the the sack letters being issued to many of his counterparts in other ministries.

According to report, Rasheed was appointed as the NUC boss seven years ago during the tenure of the erstwhile minister of education, Adamu Adamu.

Under his tenure as NUC executive secretary, the commission approved the highest number of private universities.