Emeritus Professor Munzali Jibril has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Lancaster University, United Kingdom (1982). He served as Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (1996-2001), Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Bayero University, Kano; Provost, Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna (1992-1996), Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Lafia, and President, Nigerian Academy of Letters. He is the current BOT Chairman of the Academy of Letters and of the Association of Phoneticians and Phonologists in Nigeria.