PERSONAL DETAILS 

Date of Birth: March 12th, 1967 

Personal Status: Married, with two children 

EDUCATION 

– Graduate of International Relations from the United States International University, San Diego California. 

– Masters degree in International studies at the University of Cambridge 

PROFESSIONAL CAREER 

1989-1990 National Service at Golden Service Limited, Kano; 1998-2000 Director, Petroil Trading Limited, Lagos; 2006-2007 Member, Editorial Board, Daily Times of Nigeria; 1990-1991 Public Relations Officer, Tuguma Enterprises Limited, Kano; 1991-1993 Sales Manager, Tuguma Enterprises Limited, Kano; 1993-1999 Managing Director Tuguma Enterprises Limited, Kano; 1994-2017 Chief Executive Officer, Nordic Oil and Gas Services Limited, Lagos;2000 Strategy Development study for Special Adviser to the Nigerian Senate President on Legislative and Public Affairs;2001-2017 Executive Director, Movido Exploration & Production Limited, Lagos; 2004-2017 Occitania International Limited, Lagos; 2007-2011 Member House of Representatives, Gamawa Federal Constituency, Bauchi state; Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Public Petitions; Member of the Committees on Petroleum (Upstream), Interior and Labour; 2008-2011 Chairman, House Committee on Public Procurement; Member of Committees on Petroleum (Upstream), Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Legislative Budgeting, and Sub-committee on Local Content; 2011 Gubernatorial Candidate; Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Bauchi State;2011-2012 CPC Renewal Committee, Head of Task Team on Guidelines for primaries, congresses and Conventions;2015 Gubernatorial Aspirant; All Progressive Congress (APC) Bauchi State; 2013-2015 Director, Librod Energy Services Limited, Port Harcourt Rivers State; 2015 Member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign; Council Member, Policy Research and Strategy Directorate, APC Presidential Campaign Council; 

September 2017 to Present Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Federal Republic of Germany.