{"id":14450,"date":"2018-04-26T09:23:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T08:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14450"},"modified":"2018-04-26T10:24:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T09:24:22","slug":"jijiwa-abubakar-bobboyi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/jijiwa-abubakar-bobboyi\/","title":{"rendered":"JIJIWA, Abubakar Bobboyi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MFR. B.Sc, CNA, arpa, ACIT.  Accountant, Journalist, Writer, Administrator, Advertising Practitioner, Tax Consultant,. Born March 15, 1961, in Fufore, Adamawa State; married Aishat Mukhtar-Bello 1989, two sons, two daughters; Education: Fufore Primary School, Fufore, 1967-72, Government Secondary School (now Ramat College), Yola, 1973-77, University of Maiduguri, 1979-83; Deutschewelle Ausbildungs Zentrum (Radio Training Management Centre) Cologne, Germany, 1990-94; Career: Appointed Artiste Newscaster, Radio Adamawa, Yola, 1977; Accounts Clerk, former P &#038; T Department, Yola, 1977-78; Management Accountant, Nigerian Mining Corporation, Jos, 1983-84; Special Correspondent, later Staff Writer and member, Editorial Board, New Nigerian Newspapers, Kaduna, 1984-85; Credit Controller. New Nigerian Newspapers Limited, Kaduna, 1985-86; Secretary to Fufore Local Government, defunct Gongola State, 1986-87; Principal Accountant, Final Accounts, New Nigerian Newspapers (NNN) Limited, Kaduna, 1987-88; Acting Chief Accountant\/ Head of Accounts Department, News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), Lagos, 1988-89; appointed General Manager\/Chief Executive, defunct Gongola Broadcasting Corporation, Yola, 1989-92; Director-General, Adamawa Broad casting Corporation, Yola, 1992; Assistant General Manager, News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN), 1993;Director of Administration and Finance, 1993-95, 1997; Honourable Commissioner for Finance, Economic Planning and Budget, 1995-97; reappointed Honourable Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, 1997-99; Director, Finance and Supplies, 1999; Director, Administration and Finance, Voice of Nigeria, 1999- 2004; Acting Director General, Voice of Nigeria, 2004; Director General, Voice of Nigeria, 2005-2015.  Member, Committee to Investigate Fraud at New Nigeria Newspapers Limited Stores, 1985; member, Committee to Investigate Irregular Payment of Commissions on major contracts, New Nigerian Newspapers Limited, Kaduna, 1986; Chairman, Committee to Investigate Fraud at Gongola Press Limited, 1989; Chairman, Committee to Document and publish the History of Gongola State for 15 years, 1990; member, Gongola State Tourism Committee, 1991; Chairman, Ad ministration and Finance Sub-Committee, Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria(BON), 1993-95; member, Administration and Accounts Committee, Advertiser&#8217;s Practitioners Council of Nigeria, 1993-95; Chairman, VONSCOPE Magazine Editorial Board, 1994-95; Chairman, Common Heritage Foundation of Nigeria (a service-oriented non-governmental organisation) 1996-; member, Board of Directors, Highland Bank of Nigeria Limited, Yola, 1996; member, Federation Account Allocation Committee, (FAAC) 1995-99; Chairman, UNDP Programme Coordinating Committee (SPCC), Adamawa State, 1995-99; Chairman, BOT of Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG); Past President, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA). Traditional Title: Sardauna Ribadu, by the Ribadu District Council and ratified by the Adamawa Emirate Council, 1995; Traditional Chieftaincy Title of Dan Lawan of Jiwa, Abuja, 2005; Traditional Chieftaincy Title of Bobaselu of Odelemo, Remoland, Ogun State, 2008. Awards\/Honour: Recipient, Chief Executive of the Year 1990, by the Radio Television and Theatre Workers of Nigeria, Gongola Chapter; recipient, Best Performance Award, by the Gongola State Youths Council, 1992; recipient, Runner-Up NTA Yola Adamawa State Man-of-The Year Award, 1995; recipient, Award for Distinguished Service, Adamawa State Youths Council, 1999; Hobbies: Research, photography, reading &#038; humanitarian service, Former Official Address: Director-General, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja; Home: Bongire Quarters, P.O. Box3, Fufore,Ribadu District, Fufore Local Government Area, Adamawa State, Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2406,749,452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14450","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-accountant","category-administrator","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23545,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14450\/revisions\/23545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14450"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}