BIOGRAPHY

Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, FCA, FCIB, FCIT, FNIM, OON (Talban Gombe) was born on 4th April 1962 at Herwagana Ward in Gombe City, Gombe State. He attended Central Primary School Gombe and Government Secondary School Billiri in Gombe State. He is a second Class Upper Division graduate of Accounting from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he studied from 1981 to 1985. He also obtained a Master of Science Degree in Economics from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and a post-graduate diploma in Computer Science from Delta State University, Abraka. Today, he is a fellow and Associate of 6 professional bodies and associations in the financial field in Nigeria.
He is happily married to Hajiya Adama Ibrahim Dankwambo.

Apart from his brilliant academic exploits, the Governor’s working career has spanned both the private and public sectors. He started his career at Coopers and Lybrand International (Chartered Accountants), now Price/Water House Coopers between 1985 and 1988. He later joined the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1988 till 1999 when he was appointed the Accountant-General of Gombe State. His excellent performance on the job attracted the attention of the Federal Government which was then in search of a worthy successor to the then Accountant-General, who retired in April 2005. Thus, he was appointed Accountant –General of the Federation on 20th April, 2005. Dankwambo resigned as the AGF to contest for the Governorship of Gombe State.On April 26, 2011, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo was elected the Governor of Gombe Sate on the platform of PDP.

During his tenure as Accountant-General of the Federation, he introduced landmark programmes towards ensuring accountability, transparency and probity. These included massive reorganisation of the Accountant-General’s office to make it more focused, pragmatic and professionally suitable for efficient service delivery. He also commenced the computerisation of the federal government account. Among several others, he also put in place standardisation of accounts of federal, state and local governments in Nigeria while ensuring that all government revenues were captured into the treasury and properly accounted for.

ACHIEVEMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF GOMBE STATE

In a land in desperate need for heroes, yet unable to value enough some of its great nation builders, the word icon, in conversational slang as encomium and honorific as it may sound may not appropriately fit into paying tribute to a prodigy in state affairs, a visionary leader, prudent in financial management and sagacious in policy formulation and development. This is especially so in these days when hypocrisy ironically has become the major characteristic and criterion for leadership.

The next generation of leaders in Gombe State will be thankful for the gift of a leader and anchorman like Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, Talban Gombe, whose revolutionary zeal, inspired leadership and dynamism, within a short span of two years, have replaced the hitherto apathetic state of past policy errors by past successive administrative and political heads of the state.

The social deprivations of the state in 2011 when he assumed power was helpless and hopeless. His political philosophy was the pursuit of the happiness of the greatest number, passionately pro-people in his economic and political doctrine- a utilitarian per excellence.

By his monumental achievements in office as Gombe State chief executive between 2011 and 2013, Governor Dankwambo has proved that politics is not all about failed promises; his is not the usual political discourse, full of hypocrisy and make-believe. His refusal to barter social services for remunerative considerations especially, to those hemmed in by short-circuit desires and monetary benefits gave lucidity to the ingredients of good governance.

Road Construction and Rehabilitation
The pace at which he progresses through the socio-economic development of Gombe State between his first two years in office was frenetic and electrifying and the long list of capital projects executed are incomprehensible. His pluralistic construction of over 35 model schools in all the local government areas of the state in conformity to international standards; construction of 116 asphaltic roads within the Gombe metropolis and other township roads; expansion programme in the university sector with the purchase of equipment for the College of Medicine and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science; multi-billion naira building of hostels, classrooms, libraries and laboratories in the School of Remedial Studies at Kumo.


His administration is on record as having singularly completed the construction of the 54km Kanawa-Kuri-Jorogutel road with some connecting access roads linking all the most agricultural fertile parts of the state, considered on the priority list of the Dankwambo-led administration in spite of its identification as a federal road, for which the federal government now stands indebted to the state government to the tune N6.2billion naira refund.

Millennium Development Goals,
Flip the coin, Governor Dankwambo’s commitment to the attainment of crucial aspects of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), of the United Nations (UN); his identification of manpower development as the basic resources for the actualisation of such initiatives has succinctly led to his understanding of the “undeniable potentials of indigenous artisanship to societal and national development. Thus, his decision to nurture the production of quality and adequate manpower for housing construction, automobile repair, steel work, renovation and fabrication works of various shades which currently pose a major challenge to individual citizen, urban managers and development partners across the country.


The Dankwambo-led administration also re-invigorated the Gombe State Investment Company from obscurity into one of the most formidable profit-oriented agencies among all the parastatals within the state’s public service, with a capital value of over N4 billion.

Wealth Creation and Pro-poor Initiative
On his creation of wealth programme and value adding activities in agro-allied and solid minerals sector, an additional increase of N3 billion to an earlier N1 billion partnership deal with the Bank of Industry (BOI), was disbursed to cooperative groups as soft loans to well over 133 beneficiaries for the establishment of small-scale processing industries. In sequence, 12, 000 jobs were created by the 133 Cooperative Societies, with mostly youths and adequate Gender balance.


About 755 trainees in various skill acquisition programme have successfully completed their courses and now self-employed. Gombe state currently stands out as a model on the roll call of 17 states under the BOI partnership programme, with Gombe market saturated with products and brands of various dimensions.

Dankwambo’s State Industrialisation Policy
In furthering his industrialisation policy and wealth creation programme in the state, an industrial cluster cum enterprise zone for groundnut oil and rice millers has been established at Bogo/Nasarawo Industrial Estate in Gombe with 300 slots allocated to the two trade groups for production shades. The administration also provided three Transformers at the site to ease power problems. Consideration is being given to the establishment of five more Clusters in the state capital to accommodate the increasing numbers of small-scale industries from the BOI initiative. The administration has also marked out an extension programme of 400-hectare Industrial Estate at Lawanti village along Bauchi road, adjacent to the Gombe International Airport.

The establishment of a multi-billion naira Modern Commodity Depot and Exchange Centre in Gombe, the state capital to promote Modern Commodity Trading is in progress, with costs projected at well over N4 billion.

Quite recently, Governor Dankwambo unveiled 200 fuel efficient mini-brand taxi cabs; 1,100 Keke NAPEPtri-cycles, combined with 80 hummer buses for Gombe State Transport Service through the State Ministry of Finance as a more meaningful approach to alleviating the scourge of poverty among the populace rather than the negative approach to survival.

A manager of resources, Dankwambo would rather ensure the prevalence of strong and efficient state institutions over the parochial interests of a minority clique.

Also in the administration’s avowed determination to ensure adequate food supply within and outside the state, and by implication a broad improvement to farming, a total of 220 brand new tractors have been procured for direct distribution to farmers for commercial purposes.

The Agricultural Mechanisation Agency, a new parastatal has been established within the State Ministry of Agriculture to oversee the equitable distribution of framing machineries and implements to farmers in the state at a highly subsidised rate. One of the best in the world market, the new Mercy-Ferguson tractor, was procured at a unit cost of N3.5 million; proposed for hiring to farmers who may not be able to afford an outright purchase.

Provision of Water and Power Generation
In its effort at improve the supply of potable water to the citizenry, the administration has awarded contract for the rehabilitation and reticulation of pipelines in the state with extension to Kwami, Gadam and Bojude, and of late, extended to cover Kompulata and Tappi at a cost of well over N4 billion; while it has also awarded contract for water sustenance and maintenance of the Gombe Regional Water Supply Scheme.

Investment Mobilization
As part of Government’s measure to mobilise investors to the state, a Financial Services Agreement (FSA), was signed with NEXIM Bank to act as Financial Adviser cum Fund Arranger on turn-key basis which has so far culminated in the proposed Mini Coal Powered Cement and Tomato Plants in the state. A recent survey has spotted the availability of the deposit of petroleum in large commercial quantity in one of the local government areas of the state.

His Conditional Cash Grant Initiative
Now the toast of sister state governments, Governor Dankwambo’s Conditional Cash Grant (CCG), initiative floated ideally to encourage the promotion of basic education among the teeming youth population in the state, has now been extended to well over 3,000 beneficiaries of age 60 years and above at a monthly stipend of N15,000.

Human Capital Development
Endowed with vision, Governor Dankwambo’s approach to the affairs of governance has contributed largely to the assemblage of men of integrity and virtue in the execution of his policies and programmes. Technocrats with proven degrees of achievements at the national level who can help develop the state through their repertoire of human capital regardless of party affiliation, religion or ethnicity, have qualified his policies and programmes as a “codified legal framework for good governance”.

Dankwanbo’s Philanthrophy
His pace-setting role in the administration of governance and best practices again came aglow during the last Sallah celebration, when he abandoned the posh comfort of home and identified with his people through visitations to hospitals, prisons and orphanages where he gave several donations including cash.

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Although I m an apc supporter Gombe state is d only performing PDP governor in the north. So weldone gombelite 4 givin an abusites 2 terms.

kheart:
Although I m an apc supporter Gombe state is d only performing PDP governor in the north. So weldone gombelite 4 givin an abusites 2 terms.

abusite. always ahead naturally

Dankwambo for president 2019 - en sha Allah

kheart:
Although I m an apc supporter Gombe state is d only performing PDP governor in the north. So weldone gombelite 4 givin an abusites 2 terms.

how many APC governors are performing in d north?

janus05:
how many APC governors are performing in d north?

D ones that came back actually perfoms better than pdp hence d reason deir pple brought them back.
U can't rate Niger state governor (8 yrs) at per wit yobe state despite d insurgency dere.

kheart:


D ones that came back actually perfoms better than pdp hence d reason deir pple brought them back.
U can't rate Niger state governor (8 yrs) at per wit yobe state despite d insurgency dere.

hypocrisy he survived by the skin cos he is incumbent and has good balance of followers. The winning formular for APC in the north was buhari sak! APC sak! Hope some mistake hasn't been made by the bandwagon buhari phenomenon! Anyway, congrats my accountant. U together with Darius ishaku in Taraba have kept PDP alive. U can be sure u will be in the running for president come 2019.