Zone III Senatorial district is witnessing the rise in number of sons and daughters of SK offering themselves to serve as Senators come 2015. As events unfold, yours truly will be bringing you the profiles of the aspirants so you will know them better. Please do not allow sentiment to becloud your judgement as you view them through your microscope with a view to separating the chaff from the grains. Today I present to you DR. JOHN MARKUS AYUBA - SENATORIAL ASPIRANT, ZONE III CITATION OF DR. JOHN MARKUS AYUBA; PH.D, FNIMN, KSM Born May 15, 1958, Dr. Ayuba attended the St Anthony’s primary School Mabushi Kataf from 1965 to 1971 where he obtained his first school leaving certificate. The death of his father early in 1969 did not dampen his quest for education.He was admitted into the St. Joseph’s Seminary Zaria in 1972 where he completed his secondary education in 1976. Thereafter he proceeded to the School of Basic Studies (SBS) Ahmadu Bello University for his A-levels. He graduated with a First Class (Hons) degree in Business Administration from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in 1980.He had his mandatory National Service (NYSC) in Ogun state where he taught in a secondary school ( Abusi Edumare Academy, Ijebu-Igbo) between 1980 and 1981. He later obtained an MBA from the same university in 1982, where he also got his Ph.D. He won the BP prize for the outstanding graduate in Business Administration 1980, came second in order of merit in the MBA Class 1982, and was adjudged the best student in the Ph.D qualifying examination in 1986. He was awarded a federal government merit award scholarship in 1980 on account of his academic standing. He had earlier won the Principal’s prize for the best graduating student in the Seminary in 1976. Dr. Ayuba joined the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in 1981 as a graduate assistant in marketing where he rose to the position of Lecturer I in 1988 before taking up appointment with UTC (Nig) Plc as a Product Manager in 1988. He rose rapidly to become a Field Manager and later Area Manager (Ops) Kano in 1989 before taking up employment with ICON Ltd (Merchant Bankers) as a Deputy Manager (Credit & Marketing) in July 1989. He was promoted Manager in 1991 in charge of general lending where he rose to become Senior Manager and Head of Investment Department between 1993 and 1996. He joined Inland Bank (Nig) Plc in 1996 as a Principal Manager and Head of Corporate Finance. He was promoted an Asst. General Manager and Group Head, Corporate Banking in 1998 from where he was promoted to Deputy General Manager and later General Manager (Corporate Services) in April 2001 and charged with overseeing the Banking Operations, Risk Asset Management, Human Resources Management and Information Systems Groups up to 2003. Credited with overseeing the linking of all the bank’s 37 branches online and real time, he had also set up the bank’s export and energy desks while securing financing lines from Afreximbank Cairo,and serving as Chief Contact with the World Bank, International Finance Corporation Washington and other multilateral agencies for the Bank. Dr. Ayuba joined Lion Bank of Nigeria Plc in December 2003 as General Manager, Investment Banking after serving as a non-Executive Director from 2002 where he oversaw the Corporate Finance/Banking, Treasury, International Operations, and special services departments of the Bank. He was appointed Ag. Managing Director/CEO in October 2005, a position he held until the merger of the bank with Diamond Bank of Nigeria Plc. Following the merger, he oversaw Diamond Bank’s business development in the North in the areas of Corporate, Commercial and Retail Banking as the Divisional Head. In July 2011, he was appointed Hon Commissioner of Finance, Kaduna state by His Excellency Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, CON, KSM, KSG, Executive Governor of the state; a position he held until the tragic death of the Governor in a Helicopter crash on 15th December 2012. He was later posted as Commissioner for Water Resources, under the administration of His Excellency, Alh (Dr) Mukhtar Ramalan Yero a position he held until the dissolution of the cabinet on 11th September 2013. He has attended several corporate finance and corporate banking programmes at home and abroad including the Harvard University, Boston’s OPM Key Executive Programme in 2000 and Chase Manhattan Bank’s Intensive Credit course (1990) in Hammersmith, London. Dr Ayuba has been actively involved in his Community’s development as far back as 1977 when he was elected secretary-General of the then Kataf Students’ Union ( KSU). Thereafter he was an active member of the then Kataf Youth Development Association (KYDA), now ATYAP Community Development Association. He was a founding member of the Atyap Youth Forum Lagos, which was a precursor of the ATYAP Pathfinder Abuja which he co-founded with a number of patriotic Atyap sons and daughters and was its pioneer Chairman from 2001 to 2011 when he left for Kaduna to serve the state. He, along with another group of patriotic sons and daughters of Atyap moved the community to establish the then Atyap Community Bank in 1993 which translated to the then Atyap Microfinance Bank and now NENZIT Microfinance Bank. He has served on the Boards of the Community and successor Banks from 1993 to date where he currently serves as the chairman of the Board of Directors, a position he has held since 2008. It is noteworthy that the bank has remained one of the most successful banks in Kaduna state with no signs of distress. He has been a member of the BOARD OF TRUSTEES of Atyap (kataf) Community Development Association since 2009. An active member of SOKAPU ( and its precursors) since 1981, he was a member of the organizing committee of SOKAPU’ s first Economic Forum in 2008 which held in the Kagoro Townhall. As a followup to this conference, he established the SOUTHERN KADUNA ECONOMIC FORUM OFFICE in Kafanchan that was fully furnished and equipped with full internet acess which was handed over to the SOKAPU national Executive ( EXCO) in 2009. He has been an active supporter of SOKAPU in most projects aimed at uniting our people for development. He is a member/fellow of several professional bodies including the Securities and Exchange Commission (Investment Adviser); Nigerian Institute of Management (member); National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (Fellow); Institute of Management Consultants (fellow); Advisory Group on Trade Finance and Export Development in Africa, Afeximbank (member); Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (member); 21st Century Trust, London (fellow) and former Vice President, West African Bankers’ Association (Nigeria). He was a Director of News Africa (UK) Ltd, a magazine for Africa and Africans in the Diaspora based in London. He was at one time the second and later first National Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian Squash Rackets Association. He has also been actively involved in Community Development since 1980 where he placed many students in the University and thereafter secured gainful employment for many people in the banking industry. He is a Patron of the Association of Kaduna State Residents in Abuja. All these culminated in the Community recognizing him and the AGWATYAP bestowing on him with the title of TAFIDAN ATYAP in 2001. An ardent Catholic, he was baptized on May 20, 1965 by Rev. Fr. A. Reddington, and received his Confirmation rights from Archbishop John McCarthy on December 7, 1969, both at Maria Asumpta Catholic Church, Mabushi. Dr. Ayuba has served the Church in various capacities at his Home Parish (Maria Assumpta Catholic Church, Mabushi Kataf), St. Augustine’s of Hippo Kongo Campus Zaria, where he was Chairman of the Church Council in 1988; St. Anthony’s Parish, Gbaja Sululere Lagos, where he was Advisor (1997-1999) to the Justice, Peace and Development Commission (JPDC); Holy Family, Festac Town Lagos, where he supported many church groups, and Holy Trinity Parish, Maitama Abuja, where he has been an active member of the Fund Raising Committee for the completion of the church building. He is a Knight of the Order of St. Mulumba. He is happily married to Mrs. Deborah Chat Ayuba (nee Deborah Duniya Achi) since October 2, 1982 and are blessed with three children Patience, Gloria and John (JR) and enjoys playing squash racket, golf and Darts. DR John Markus Ayuba, a very humble, dependable, trustworthy, God-fearing and grassroots mobilizer, a man who has utmost concern for his people and others around him, a man who has cultivated friendships across tribal and religious divides in our country, a consummate academic, a banker of very high repute , and a perfect gentleman, was recently a public servant where he served Kaduna State as COMMISSIONER of Finance (2011-2013) and later COMMISSIONER of Water Resources (2013)
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