Dr Danna Daniel Gashion

Brief Academic Biography

Dr Gashion Daniel Danna is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Jos, Nigeria, with teaching and research interests in energy law and policy; petroleum and mineral law and policy; electricity law and regulation; and renewable energy law and policy.

He teaches Oil and Gas Law, Constitutional Law, and Comparative Federalism at the undergraduate level, as well as Law of Natural Resources at the postgraduate (LL.M.) level. His scholarship focuses particularly on the legal, regulatory, and policy frameworks governing petroleum and natural resources, electricity markets, renewable energy development, energy security and transition, sustainable resource governance, and environmental and regulatory compliance.

Dr Danna’s academic interests also include the constitutional and regulatory dimensions of natural-resource ownership and governance, federalism, petroleum-sector regulation, and the evolving legal frameworks needed to support sustainable, secure energy systems. His work combines legal scholarship with contemporary energy-policy analysis, with particular interest in Nigeria and comparative international perspectives.