Tinubu appoints Aisha Garba as UBEC Executive Secretary
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Aisha Garba, an international development specialist, as the new Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).
In a statement released on Tuesday by Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, it was revealed that Garba, a Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank, brings over 24 years of experience in designing and implementing education programs for human and economic development. Her career spans several countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Somalia, Kenya, the USA, and the UK.
With more than 15 years of direct experience at the World Bank, Garba has led education programs and reforms from inception through to impact assessment.
Her expertise in human development, combined with her ability to work in fragile and conflict-affected settings, will help her deliver sustainable solutions to improve basic education across the country. Garba is also expected to leverage her extensive network with governments, development partners, and communities to further the mission of UBEC.
See full statement below:
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST AISHA GARBA TO HEAD UBEC
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 Organization.
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.
Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information & Strategy)
December 17, 2024
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