Kaduna 2019: The Man To Watch
Apparently the man to beat in the 2019 race for the governorship is Dr. Muhammad Sani Bello.
For the very few who might not know him, Bello is the current Financial Controller for ECOWAS Institutions at ECOWAS Commission. To those who are even remotely familiar with him, Bello is an embodiment of good qualities of head and heart.
He has been holding the office of the Financial Controller of ECOWAS Institutions at the Economic Community of West African States – ECOWAS for the last 2 years 8 months.
Before his current appointment, he was Dean of the Faculty of Social & Management Sciences in the Kaduna State University from 2012 – 2014. He served as both the academic and administrative head of the Faculty. Earlier, Bello had been a Commissioner in the Kaduna State Ministry of Science & Technology between 2007 and 2010. By that appointment, he was Chief Executive of the Ministry and Member, Kaduna State Executive Council.
He was also a lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 2001 to 2007.
With his adventure in active politics, he was entrusted with the post of the Director General, Shekarau for Nigeria from December 2010 to December 2011 and also became Manager, 2011 ANPP Presidential Candidate Campaign Organisation.
During the Second Republic politics, he served as electoral poling agent for the Great Nigeria Peoples Party (GNPP).
In 1979, he experimented with the Civil Rights and Social Action group where he worked to ensure transparency and fairness in the conduct of general elections, leading to transition from military to civilian rule in Nigeria
Over the course of time, Bello became known for his concerns for Civil Rights and Social Action, economic empowerment, education development, human rights and politics.
His Doctoral Dissertation in 2005 was on Income Smoothing & the Quality of Earnings among Nigerian Banks; a pioneer effort aimed at finding earnings quality of Nigerian banks. Some of his well-known skills include, though not limited to: Banking, Academics and Politics; Business Strategy; Change Management; Management Consulting; Risk Management; Negotiation; Business Planning and Financial Analysis.
Bello is also a master of Team Management; Investments; Team Leadership; New Business Development; Project Management and Project Finance. Bello is an Alumnus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University & Graduate School, Washington DC 2011; and the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria where he became a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Accounting and Finance in 1988.
In his university days, Bello participated actively in several campus activities and societies including: Nigerian Universities Accounting Students’ Association (NUASA) and the Muslim Students Society (MSS). He is also a member of such groups as the Abuja Business Club – Nigeria | West Africa; TAKAFUL; ABU ALUMNI; Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE); Harvard Business Review, among many others.
Written by Abdul-Azeez Suleiman.