Abubakar ALHAJI

Biographical record

Title

Alhaji

Surname

ALHAJI

First Name

Abubakar

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

November 22, 1938

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Sokoto

Place of Birth

Sokoto

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Amina Dasuki, 1965

Number of Children (Male)

3

Number of Children ( Female)

3

Profession

administrator

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Dogon Daji Primary School, Sokoto, 1942;Nagarfa College, Kano; Katsina Government College, Katsina; Bournemouth College of Commerce and Technology, UK; University of Reading, 1958-1960; UK; The Hague Institute of Social Sciences, Holland, 1970; IMF Institute, Washington DC, USA, 1974.

Educational Qualification

KBE. BA,

Previous Appointments

asst. sec. External Finance, Federal Ministry of Finance, 1964;Deputy ps: Finance, 1971,1977; edir. African Development Bank, 1972-74; Executive Sec. FESTAC International Secretariat, 1974; Deputy ps. Ministry of Finance; dg. Ministry of Trade, 1975-78; Ministry of Industries, 1978-79; Ministry of Finance, 1979-84, Ministry of Na tional Planning, 1984-88; min. of State for Budget and Planning/ Special Asst. to the President, 1988-90; min. of Finance and Economic Development, 1990-92; Nigeria High comm. to the UK 1992-96; ch. Group of 24 Committee, 1991-92; v-presd. Commonwealth Society for the Deaf, 1991; former dir. External Finance, Federal Ministry of Finance; Alternate edir. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; former mm: Board of Directors, National Electric Power Authority; former ch: Tourist Corporation of Nigeria Ltd; Nigerian Hotels Ltd; Durbar Hotels Ltd; Price Control Board; Price Intelligence Agency; Nigerian Produce Marketing Company Ltd; Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd; Delta Steel Company Ltd; Iwopin Paper Mill Ltd; Ashaka Cement Company Ltd; Benue Cement Company Ltd; Savannah Sugar Company Ltd: Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Ltd; Technical Committee on Producer Prices/governor for Nigeria, OPEC Fund; former mm; Board, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; former Board mem. Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd; former Governor, African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, Dakar, Senegal; mm. National Boundary Commission, Nigerian Tariff Review Board, Nigerian Economic Society; Interim Committee of International Monetary Fund, (IMF),Presidential Committee on the Oil Producing Areas; Advisory Committee on Global Coalition for Africa; Advisory Committee on Remuneration of Executive Directors and their alternative to IMF/ World Bank; Advisory Committee of experts on third World Debt under the auspices of NonAligned Movement, Board of Governors, OPEC Fund, Vienna, 1979-84;Commonwealth Secretary- General Drafting Committee on Third World Debt; Boardof Trustees Arewa Consultative Forum; v-presd. Commonwealth Society for the Deaf, 1991;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Traditional Titles

Sarkin Shanu of Sokoto, 1974; Sardauna of Soko.o, 1990;

International/Foreign Decorations

Knight of the British Empire, United Kingdom, 1989;

Honourary Degrees and Awarding Institutions

Honorary Doctor of Science, Usmanu Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto, 1991.

Hobbies

reading, horse-riding, walking;

Residential Address

No 2, Worno Road, Sokoto, Sokoto State.