Career
Husseini was offered a job as an Graduate assistant in Ahmadu Bello University,Zaria after obtaining his National Youth Service Corps certificate in Borno State Council of Arts and Culture in 1985 and some years later he was made lecturer I. In 1993 he joined the Raw Materials Research and Development Council as a chief scientific officer and in 1996 he became head of division of the Chief Scientific Office.
He was later promoted to deputy director in charge of Research,Evaluation and Monitoring;at that position he was in charge of office Coordinating and Investment Promotion and Consultancy Departments office,and last post held before his appointed in 2013 as acting director was director in Charge of Industrial Chemicals and Mineral Department. [6] [7]
He was confirmed as director general by the Raw Materials Research and Development Council in March 2014,before that he has served in several committee's both inter ministerial and councils board amongst are; [4] [5]
- National Consultative Committee on the Industrialization of Scientific Research Result
- Federal Ministry of Science and Technology
- National Committee on Deletion Programme for Industrial Raw Materials *National Advisory Ozone Committee NAOCOM
- Secretary and Member,Committee of Directors Research Institutes (CODRI) Seminar and Technology shows and Inter Ministerial Technical Committee on Effective Application of R&D Findings and Results in Federal Ministry of Industry
- Member of Chartered Textile Technologist of Textile Institute;C. Text (A.T.I) United Kingdom
- Member of the Fellow,Institute of Management Consultants
- Member of the Fellow,Nigeria Institute of Management
- member of the Fellow,Institute of Corporate Administrator
- Fellow member of the Materials Society of Nigeria
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