Jika ABUBAKAR

Biographical record

Surname

ABUBAKAR

First Name

Jika

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

Friday, January 15, 1960

Place of Birth

Yola, Adamawa State;

Profession

Company Administrator, Journalist

Schools Attended with Dates

Toungo Primary School, Yola, Adamawa State, 1969-75; General Murtala Muhammed College, 1975-80; Bayero University, Kano, 1980-84; University of Maiduguri, Borno State, 1986-88.

Educational Qualification

B.A, M.Sc,

Previous Appointments

Public Relations Officer, Owerri. Imo State, (National Youth Service Corps), 1984; snr. Journalist, Daily Times, Lagos. 1985; dir: Gongola Broadcasting Corporation, Yola, 1985-88; dir: News Agency of Nigeria, Lagos, 1988-89; Zonal Director, People's Bank of Nigeria, Kano, Borno and Gongola States; and mm: People's Bank of Nigeria Presidential Implementation Task Force, 1989-91; e-dir: Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Lagos, 1991-92; mm: Technical Committee on the creation of Transport Development Bank, 1991; Group President, ceo. Fombina Group of Companies, Kano, since 1992. Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri, Borno State 1985-89, Lecturer, Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano, since 1999;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Mass Communication in Africa, A book of Readings; Mass Media and African Society; African Media Issues; People's Bank; History and Growth,

Outstanding Achievements

: Daily Times Babatunde Jose Scholarship Award for the Best Mass Communication Student in Nigeria, 1981-84; Federal Government Merit Award Scholarship for Best Mass Communication Student, 1981- 84.

Phone Number

064-642070; 664214; 669532.

Official Address

Fombina Group of Companies, P.M.B. 3527, Kano.