ABOUT INEC >IINEC Secretary

SECRETARY, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION

ABUBAKAR BOBBOI JAURO
Alhaji Abubakar Bobboi Jauro was born on January, 1947 in Mayo-Ndaga-Mambilla Plateau. He attend University of Zaira where he obtained a B.A Combined Honors in Govt./History in 1972. He obtained his M.P.A in Public Administration at the University of ABU, Zaira in 1975. He attended the Citizenship and leadership Training Course, 1974 at Kurra Falls, Jos, Nigeria; He was a member of Provisional Council of College for Preliminary Studies, Yola, 20th September, 1976-October, 1977. Member of Provisional council of Advance Teachers' College, Jalingo, November 1977 to June, 1979. Member Gongola State Committee on National Heroes Register for Nigeria, 27TH June, 1978-1983.
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He was formally Admin, Officer as Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Finance North Eastern State, Maiduguri. June 1972-Febuary, 1976, Deputy Secretary to Gongola Executive Council, 8th February 1976 to 5th May, 1976, Private Secretary to Gongola State Military Governor 6th May, 1976-Sept; 1977, Principal Assistant Secretary Ministry of Agriculture and National Resources Gongola State, October 1977-January, 1978, Secretary, Gongola State Rural Electrification Board, 31st January 1978-April,1978, Secretary Gongola State Health Management Board, 5th May 1978-June, 1979, Assistant General Manager (Administration and Finance); Upper Benue River Basin and Rural Development Authority, Yola, June 1979, Chief Resettlement Office, Kiri and Dadin Kowa Dams, 1982-1983, General Manager Cross River Basin Development Authority, Calabar. 9th June 1983 to May, 1984, General Manger, Upper Benue River Basin and Rural Development Authority, Yola 24th May, 1984-December, 1986, Permanent Secretary, Gongola State Government, July 1986 – April 1988, Executive Secretary, Lake Chad Basin Commission, N’Djamena, Chad with a diplomatic status of a Head of Mission 20th April, 1988 to 31st July, 2000, Director, Regional Economic Integration in Africa, The Presidency – 18th Jan; 2001 to 15th October, 2002. He was appointed Federal Permanent Secretary and posted to the Federal Ministry of Environment October – December 2003. Appointed Secretary Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 31st December 2003 to date.