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{{Short description|Nigerian academic}}
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'''Msugh Moses Kembe''' (born Binev Ward, Tombo Mbalagh, Buruku, [[Local government areas of Nigeria|Local Government Area]], [[Benue State]], Nigeria) is an [[academic]] and the 5th substantive [[Vice chancellor]] of [[Benue State University]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fabmimi.com/2015/10/prof-msugh-kembe-emerges-next-vice.html|title= Prof Msugh Kembe Emerges Next Vice Chancellor Of Benue State University Makurdi|date= October 15, 2015|website= Fabmimi.com}}</ref> He was appointed by Benue state governor Dr. Samuel Ortom<ref>{{cite web|title=About VC – VC Benue State University|url=http://vcbsu.org/vice-chancellor/|website=vcbsu.org|accessdate=11 April 2018}}</ref> and assumed office on November 3, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/one-year-kembe-benue-varsitys-vc/|title=One year of Kembe as Benue varsity’s VC|website=The Nation Newspaper|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Kembe attended Bristow Secondary School in Gboko (1974), and received his [[WASSCE]] in 1979. He received a Bachelor of Science in [[Mathematics]] at the [[University of Jos]] in 1984, a masters in [[statistics]] in 1992 at the [[University of Nigeria, Nsukka]], and his Ph.D. in statistics in 2009 at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi. Kembe started his academic career as a [[lecturer]] in mathematics and [[computer science]] in 1993, becoming a [[professor]] in statistics in 2012 at Benue State University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.benuenews.com.ng/2015/10/meet-prof-msugh-moses-kembe-incoming.html|title=MEET PROF. MSUGH MOSES KEMBE, THE INCOMING 5TH VICE CHANCELLOR OF BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI, NIGERIA.|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref>
Kembe was also the Head of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Benue State. He was once a member of the [[university senate]].
==Awards==
Kembe won the [[World Bank]] [[grant (money)|grant]] for the Africa Centre of Excellence for Food Technology and Research (CEFTER).
==Personal life==
Kembe is married to Professor Elizabeth Kembe.
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