Alh. Garba Abubakar Muhammad / Director
Engr. Garba Abubakar Muhammad holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. He had earlier obtained his first Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He has had a largely public sector career spanning over three decades starting from the Sokoto State Investments Company Limited in 1990 as an Investment Executive rising to the Rank of Principal Manager in 1998 after which he transferred his services to the National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND), Abuja and worked there from 1998 to 1999. He was recalled back to his home State and worked with the Government of Zamfara State (from 1999 to 2011), during which period he held several important and strategic top policy making positions in the different State Government Agencies in which he held sway as either the administrative or political head; notable among which were: Pioneer Managing Director/CEO of the then newly established Zamfara State Investments and Property Development Company Limited; Chairman / Chief Executive of the Zamfara State Internal Revenue Service; Programme Coordinator/CEO of the Zamfara State Integrated Development Programme; Honorable Commissioner for Special Dutiesand Member of the Zamfara State Executive Council; Honorable Special Adviser to the Governor of Zamfara State on Information and Communications Technology and also a Member of the Cabinet; Interim Project Coordinator / CEO of the then newly established Zamfara State Mining & Minerals Development Company Limited. Engr. Garba was also privileged to have held the following important assignments while in the services of the Government of Zamfara State: Director Representing the interest of the Zamfara State Government on Several Quoted and Unquoted Companies in which the State held appreciable Equity Shareholding notable among which were: Kaduna Textiles Limited; Jaiz International Plc (the special purpose vehicle set up for the promotion and pursuance of the banking licence of Jaiz Bank Plc). He also served as the Member representing Zamfara State on the National Joint Tax Board (JTB). While in the services of the Government of Zamfara State he was the State Focal person for the National Council on Privatization with Headquarters at the Bureau of Public enterprises and also the Secretary of the Zamfara State Privatization Committee. From 2011 when he disengaged from the services of the Zamfara State Government and by extension the public sector to date, Engr. Garba has been engaged in both the Private Sector and the International Development Partnership endeavors. From 2014 to 2016, He was a Consultant/State Program Coordinator of ENABLE2 (Enhancing Nigeria Advocacy for a Better Business Environment) a Business Environment Reform Program in Nigeria Funded by the United Kingdom Department for Foreign Internal Development (DFID) implemented by a United Kingdom based International Consulting & Service Provision Firm; Messer’s Adam Smith International (ASI) and was in charge of Katsina and Zamfara States. He got fully active in the private sector when he took up the following appointments: Member, Board of Trustees of the Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation (2012 to 2016); Executive Director (Finance, Administration and Corporate Services) with Jaiz Takaful Insurance Plc (2016 to 2018) and later appointed as Managing Director / CEO of the El-Jaiz Investment and Service limited in October 2018 a position he currently occupies till date. He was further saddled with an additional responsibility of serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Jaiz International Halal Certification Limited in February 2022; while also still serving on the Board of Jaiz Takaful Insurance Plc as a Non-Executive Director from 2018 till date. Engr. is a member of several professional bodies while he also had the privilege of attending several local and international training Courses, Conferences, Seminars, workshops and Conventions. He is a Traditional Title holder of the Zannan Gummi in the Gummi Emirate of Zamfara State and is a widely travelled person both locally and internationally.
