December 17, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Aisha Garba, an international development Specialist, to serve as the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the appointment in a statement on Tuesday.
Garba has over fifteen years of experience with the World Bank and has worked on the team that met the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets in Nigeria, consulted for the World Bank and has also been involved in several other projects.
The President expects the new UBEC boss, who is described as an international development specialist, to drive the renewed hope and vision of providing and supporting quality education and ensuring that Nigerian children become globally competitive in her new role.
The statement reads: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Aisha Garba, an international development specialist, as the Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education (UBEC).
“Garba, a Senior Education Specialist with the World Bank, brings more than twenty-four years of experience driving impactful programmes in education for human and economic development, working in Nigeria, Ghana, Somalia, Kenya, the USA, and the United Kingdom.
“With over 15 years of hands-on experience at the World Bank, Garba has consistently led end-to-end design and management of education programmes and reforms, from conceptualisation to completion and impact assessment.
“Apart from being actively interested in and involved in human development issues, the development specialist will share her rich network with governments, development partners, and communities, as well as the skills she acquired working in fragile, conflict, and violent settings to deliver sustainable solutions in basic education.
“Garba had previously worked on the team that met the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets in Nigeria and consulted for the World Bank, Department for International Development, BOND-UK, Regent Foundation, and Muslim Aid Organisation.
“She is an alumna of Petra American University in Jordan, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts combined degree in English and Computer Studies in 2000. She later got a Master’s in International Development at the University of Birmingham in the UK in 2007.
“The President expects the new Executive Secretary of UBEC to drive the renewed hope and vision of providing and supporting quality education and ensuring that Nigerian children become globally competitive.”
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