Uba Sani appoints 2 new commissioners, redeploys one other

Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has appointed Prof. Abubakar Sani Sambo as the Commissioner of Education.

Sani also redeployed the outgoing Commissioner of Education, Prof. Sani Bello, to the newly created Ministry of Information.

The governor also appointed Gloria Ibrahim as the Commissioner of Youth Development.

The appointments were announced via a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ibraheem Musa, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

Musa noted that the appointments and redeployment were with immediate effect.

He said Sani expects Sambo to reinvigorate the Education Ministry to deliver on his administration’s agenda, which is aimed at improving access to education, building and rehabilitating infrastructure, enhancing the capacity of teachers, harnessing the capacity of ICT, prioritising girl-child education, and strengthening security in schools.

He added that the governor, in line with his administration’s focus on refocusing and empowering Kaduna State youths to play vital roles in a fast changing and technologically-driven world, expects Ibrahim to fashion out creative, innovative, and implementable programmes and projects to make the Youth Development Ministry a leading centre for high impact solutions for youth related issues.

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Musa quoted Governor Sani as congratulating Sambo and Ibrahim on their “well deserved appointments”, and wishing them “God’s guidance and protection in their new assignments.”

Sambo, new Commissioner of Education is an accomplished academic, administrator, and a recipient of the National Productivity Order of Merit (1997) and Officer of the Order of the Niger (2000).

A Professor of Energy Studies, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of Kaduna State University (2004), Vice-Chancellor, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (1995 – 2004), and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Usmanu Dan Fodio University, Sokoto (1990 – 1994).

From 2005 to 2012, Prof. Sambo was the Director General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria.

In 2011, he was appointed Special Adviser to the President on Energy.

The erudite scholar has served on some high level panels and committees in Nigeria and at the international level.

He was the Chairman of the Nigerian Committee for Partnership with Brazil on Energy (2007 – 2008), Member, Tertiary Education Trust Fund Standing Committee on Research and Development and Coordinator of the Energy Thematic Group (2020), Member, ECOWAS Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) Consultation Committee (2021), and Member, African Union High Level Panel on Emerging Technologies (2022).

Ibrahim, the new Commissioner of Youth Development, is a long standing legal practitioner and mediator.

Before her appointment as commissioner, she was a Principal Legal Practitioner at Glownom Legal Consult, Kaduna.

Ibrahim holds the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and Certificate in Negotiation and Mediation, DICON Consulting, Empowerment and Management, Kaduna.

She is a member of the Association of Professional Negotiators and Mediators (APNM), Child Protection Agency (CPN), Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), and International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).

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