Abubakar Sani Sambo | |
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Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) | |
In office 2007 –January 2013 | |
Assumed office 2007 | |
Vice-Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University | |
In office 1995–2004 | |
Preceded by | Buba G. Bajoga |
Succeeded by | Garba Aliyu Babaji |
Personal details | |
Born | Kaduna State,Nigeria | 31 July 1955
Political party | Non-partisan |
Abubakar Sani Sambo OON (Born 31 July 1955) is a Nigerian Mechanical engineer,former Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), [1] Chair of the Nigerian Member Committee of the World Energy Council (WEC),Africa Region and former Vice-Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University,Nigeria. [2] [3]
He was born on 31 July 1955 in Zaria,Kaduna State,Nigeria. He obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.sc) degree in mechanical engineering from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University,Zaria in 1979 with a first class honour. [4] In 1983,he obtained a doctorate degree,Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Sussex,United Kingdom. [5] After he received his Ph.D,he returned to Nigeria to join the services of Bayero University,Kano where he rose to the position of a senior lecturer in 1989 and was appointed a professor in energy studies at the same University. [6] He was appointed as the vice-chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in 1995 and served in this capacity for two terms (1995-2004). [7] He is the incumbent director-general and chief executive of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) and vice chairman of the World Energy Council (WEC),Africa Region,since November 2007. [8]
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