ABDULLAHI UMAR GANDUJE, OFR KANO STATE DEPUTY GOVERNOR AND APC GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE 2015 PROFILE: NAME: DR. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje DATE OF BIRTH: 25the December, 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH: Ganduje LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Dawakin Tofa STATE: Kano TRIBE: Fulani RELIGION: Islam MARITAL STATUS: Married NO. OF WIVES: One NO. OF CHILDREN: Seven EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/QUALIFICATIONS/ DATES 1. 1956-1963 Dawakin Tofa Primary School First School Leaving Certificate 2. 1964-1968: Government Secondary School, Birnin Kudu West Africa School Certificate 3. 1969-1972: Advanced Teachers’ College, Kano Nigeria Certification of Education (N.C.E.) 4. 1972-1975: Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, (A.B.U) B.Sc (Education) 5. 1977-1979: Bayero University, Kano (B.U.K) M.Ed. (Psychology) 6. 1984-1985: Institute 0f Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, M.P.A. (Masters in Public Administration) 7. 1989-1993: University of Ibadan (U.I) Ph.D (Public Administration) WORKING EXPERIENCE WITH DATE ORGANIZATIONS/POST HELD/ASSIGNMENTS/ YEARS 1. 1975-1976 Nation Youth Service Corps (N.Y.S.C.) Teacher at Oleh College, Delta state 2. 1976-1976 Ministry of Education, Kano state Education Officer II 3. 1976-1978 Advanced Teachers College, Gumel Lecturer I (Educational Psychology) 4. 1978-1979: Bayero University, Kano Lecturer II (Educational Psychology) 5. 1979-1981: Norait Limited Kano Personnel Manger 6. 1981-1993: Federal Capital Development Authority (F.C.D.A) a. Development Secretary, Kwali Development Area b. Exec. Sec., Resettlement and Compensation, FCT c. Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs, Division d. Sole Administration, Abaji Area Council e. Chairman, Gwagwalada Area Council f. Secretary , FCDA Tenders Board g. Acting Director, Personnel Department 7. 1994-1998: Kano state Government Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport 8. 1999-2003: Kano state Government Deputy Governor, Kano state 9. 2005-2006: Ministry of Defence S.A. (Pol.) to Hon. Minister of Defense 10. 2009-2011: Chad Basin Commission Executive Secretary 11. 2011-Date: Kano state Government Deputy Governor, Kano state SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS/POLITICAL PARTICIPATION 1. Secretary, National Party of Nigeria, (N.P.N), D/ Tofa local Government Branch, 1978-1979 2. Asst. Sec. (Political), National Party of Nigeria Kano State, Branch, 1979-1980 3. Chairman, FCT Public Enlightenment Committee on the Registration of Voters, 1982 4. Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority Verification Committee on the payment of compensation to those inhabitants who moved out of FCT involving he states of Niger, Plateau (now Nassarawa state) and Kwara (now Kogi state) 1986 5. Chairman, FCT Public Enlightenment Committee on Registration into the two political parties (NRC and SDP) 1990 6. Chairman, Committee on Venue and Accommodation, Organization of African Unity, OAU Summit, Abuja 1991 7. Secretary, Presidential Committee on the future Administration of the Federal Capital territory, Abuja. The Committee was chaired by Justice Mamman Nasir, Galadiman Katsina 1992 8. Chairman, FCT Public Enlightenment Committee on Presidential Election Option A4, 1993 9. Chairman, Committee on the Rehabilitation of Destitutes in the FCT 10. Member, Kano state Executive Council, 1994 -1998 11. Chairman, Ganduje Foundation, 1996 to date 12. Gubernatorial Aspirant P.D.P. 1999 13. Deputy Governor and member, Kano State Executive Council 199- 2003 14. Member, National Political Reform Conference, Abuja, 2005 15. Member, Nation Merit Award 2005 – 2006 16. Member, National Implementation Committee on School Feeding, 2005 -2006 17. Special Adviser (Political) to the Hon. Minister of Defense, 2003 -2006 18. Member, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, 2005-2006 19. Chairman, Governing Council, Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, 2009 – 2011 20. Deputy, Governor and Member, Kano state Executive Council, 2011 to date 21. President, Tabital Pulaaku International, Nigeria 2012 to date 22. Director, Board of Pulaaku TV Germany, 2012 23. APC Gubernatorial candidate, Kano state – 2014 PUBLICATIONS: 1. The Prevalence of Eidetic Imagery among children of Northern Nigeria, June 1979 2. Job satisfaction in Civil Service Organization, A case study of the Ministry of Federal Capital Territory, May, 1985 3. The Administration of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Ph.D Thesis 4. Democracy and Local Government Administration in Nigeria (Published by Spectrum Books Limited, Ibadan) 2006 PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL POLITICAL REFORM CONFERENCE, 2005 1. Power sharing 2. Local Government Autonomy and Grassroots Development in a Federal System of Government 3. Corruption and its Negative Effects on Public Administration in Nigeria 4. The Need for Political Party Reform in Nigeria 5. The Physically Challenged. 6. HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, The Need to Curtail its spread 7. Food Security and Survival of Democracy in Nigeria NATIONAL HONOURS AWARD OF OFR on 29th September, 2014
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