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MR. ABBA KYARI

Abba Kyari obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from the University of Warwick, England, in 1980. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Law from the University of Cambridge, England and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1983. In 1984, he obtained a Masters’ Degree in Law from his alma-mater, the University of Cambridge.

Between 1988 and 1990, he was Editor with the New Africa Holdings Limited Kaduna, (publishers of Democrat Newspapers). He served with the Borno State Executive Council as Commissioner for Forestry and Animal Resources in 1990 and was Secretary to the Board of African International Bank Limited, between 1990 and 1995.

He attended the International Institute for Management Development at Lausanne, Switzerland, and participated in the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School, in 1992 and 1994 respectively.

Abba Kyari was Executive Director, Management Services, United Bank for Africa Plc. (UBA) and later the Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Bank. He was appointed a Director of Unilever Nigeria Plc. in 2002.

He served as Honorary Member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Investment in Nigeria between 2000 and 2005. He is a recipient of the Nigerian Honor Award of Officer of the Order of the Niger (O.O.N).

mytime24:
Bookin

Jus incase

During the outbreak of violence
against the Igbo people in Northern
and Central Nigeria in 1966, Abba
Kyari assisted Igbo soldiers in
escaping from Kaduna, including
Major Samuel Ogbemudia, who later
was appointed Governor of Mid-West
State in September 1967 following
the state's liberation from
secessionist Biafran forces.

Aminat508:
Interesting......

omenka:
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coolhamid:
My President is Pro North and Anti South...
90 percent of his appointees so far are from the north..
So only the north has incorruptible people right?
That is a man i campaigned so hard for, i give up...