The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Uba Sani, has appointed Professor Abubakar Sani Sambo as the Commissioner of Education.
He has also redeployed the outgoing Education Commissioner, Professor Sani Bello (Mainan Zazzau), to the Ministry of Information that he re-enacted.
The ministry was scrapped by Malam Nasiru El-Rufai when he was the governor but was recently re-enacted by Uba Sani.
The governor has also appointed Barrister Gloria Ibrahim as the Commissioner of Youth Development.
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Malam Ibraheem Musa, said in a press release that the appointments and redeployment are with immediate effect.
The Appointees:
1. PROF. ABUBAKAR SANI SAMBO
The new Commissioner of Education is an accomplished academic, administrator and a recipient of the National Productivity Order of Merit (1997) and Officer of the Order of the Niger (2000).
A Professor of Energy Studies, he served as Vice-Chancellor, Kaduna State University (2004), Vice-Chancellor, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (1995 – 2004), and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (1990 – 1994).
From 2005 to 2012, Sambo was the Director-General, Energy Commission of Nigeria. In 2011, he was appointed Special Adviser to the President on Energy.
The erudite scholar has served on some high level panels and committees in Nigeria and at the international level. He was the Chairman, Nigerian Committee for Partnership with Brazil on Energy (2007 – 2008), Member, Tertiary Education Trust Fund Standing Committee on Research and Development and Coordinator of the Energy Thematic Group (2020), Member, ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) Consultation Committee (2021), and Member, African Union High Level Panel on Emerging Technologies (2022).
2. BARRISTER GLORIA IBRAHIM
The new Commissioner of Youth Development is a long standing legal practitioner and mediator. Before her appointment as commissioner, she was a Principal Legal Practitioner at Glownom Legal Consult, Kaduna.
Barrister Ibrahim holds the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and Certificate in Negotiation and Mediation, DICON Consulting, Empowerment and Management, Kaduna.
She is a member of the Association of Professional Negotiators and Mediators (APNM), Child Protection Agency (CPN), Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), and International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).
Governor Uba Sani expects Prof. Sambo to reinvigorate the Education Ministry to deliver on his administration’s agenda, which is aimed at improving access to education, building and rehabilitating infrastructure, enhancing the capacity of teachers, harnessing the capacity of ICT, prioritising girl-child education and strengthening security in schools.
In line with his administration’s focus on refocusing and empowering Kaduna State youths to play vital roles in a fast changing and technologically-driven world, expects Barrister Ibrahim to fashion out creative, innovative and implementable programmes and projects to make the Youth Development Ministry a leading centre for high impact solutions for youth related issues.
While congratulating Sambo and Ibrahim on their well deserved appointment, Sani wishes them God’s guidance and protection in their new assignments.
