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Engr. Prof. Rhoda Habor Gumus, born in Koroama town, Gbarain Clan of Bayelsa State, on 21 July, 1953, is a Professor of Chemical Engineering with the Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State. She holds an H.N.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from College of Science and Technology (1980), Masters of Technology (M.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from Rivers State University of Science and Technology (now Rivers State University) Port Harcourt (1988) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Loughborough University, Loughborough, U.K (2005).

Engr. Prof. Rhoda Gumus has published widely in leading journals in the field of Chemical engineering with key interest in; (i) Activated carbon using novel local materials for oil spill clean-up. (ii) Study of packed bed tubular reactor for CO₂ reforming of methane. (iii) Modeling, simulation and design of modular refinery (iv) Reactor design for adsorption purposes

Engr. Prof. Rhoda Gumus has supervised over 40 undergraduate students and over 20 Post Graduate students both Masters and PhD in River State University of Science and Technology, Niger Delta University and University of Uyo.

Engr. Prof. Gumus is affiliated to several professional bodies; namely;

Nigerian Society of Engineers; Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers; Society of Petroleum Engineers; Registered Engineer, Council for the Registration of Engineering.

Prof. Gumus has held several positions and member of various committees in her career, they include;  Departmental Examination Officer, RS/UST, Port Harcourt (1993 – 1995); Departmental Seminar Coordinator, RS/UST, Port Harcourt (1994 – 2001);  Department Coordinator CEP, RS/UST, Port Harcourt (1997 – 1999); Member: Faculty Board of Engineering, NDU, Wilberforce Island (2006 – Date); Member: Faculty of Engr. Research Committee, NDU, Wilberforce Island (2007 – 2009); Member: Committee of Modification of Rules & Guidelines, NDU (2007); Member: Faculty Academic Content Review Committee, NDU (2007); Member: Post – Graduate School Board, NDU (2011 – 2013); Ag. Head of Department of Chemical/Petroleum Engineering, NDU (2009 – 2015); Member: Faculty Appraisal Committee, NDU (2009 – Date); Member: COREN, Accreditation team to FUPRE, Warri (2014); Member: COREN, Accreditation team to Madonna University, Enugu (2015); Member: COREN, Accreditation team to Uniport, Port Harcourt (2017); Chairperson, NDU Portable Water Project (2013-2017); Ag. Dean, Faculty of Engineering, NDU (2015-2017); Member: Departmental Chemical Process Design Team, (2019 – Date).

In 2001, She was awarded with the Bayelsa state Fellowship Award while in December 2020, the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Yenagoa Branch found her worthy to be awarded having distinguished herself in her career and contributions towards development of society and Engineering. Also, in 2021, the Association of Professional Women Engineers in Nigeria (APWEN) Yenagoa Chapter awarded her with an award as the first female Professor of Chemical Engineering in Bayelsa State.

Engr. Prof. Rhoda Habor Gumus is a Pastor with Greater Evangelism World Crusade, Ministry and she is blessed with wonderful Children.

Profile of Professor Sunday Nwambam Aja

Professor Sunday Nwambam Aja was born on March 7, 1966 at Ndiogbaga Obashi Ezza Inyimagu in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State Nigeria. He is an alumnus of Ndiogbaga Obashi community primary school, Nnodo secondary school Abakaliki, Federal Collage of Education Ehamufu, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Ebonyi State University Abakaliki and Unicaf University Zambia.

Prof. Sunday N. Aja joined the services of Ebonyi State University Abakaliki as an Assistant Lecturer in 2006 and obtained Ph.D Degree in Educational Administration and Planning in the same institution in 2012. Presently, he is a Professor of Educational Administration and Planning in the Department of Educational Foundations Ebonyi State University Abakaliki.

 He is a Member Nigerian Association for Educational Administration and Planning (NAEAP), Commonwealth Council for Educational administration and Management (CCEAM), British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS), Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) etc.

Prof. Aja in his contributions to rendering quality services to the society has served as a supervisory Councillor for Education Izzi Local Government Area, Special Adviser to the Governor of Ebonyi State on Inter-governmental Affairs and recently appointed by the President Federal Republic of Nigeria as National Commissioner in INEC Abuja representing South- East Zone of Nigeria.

Prof. Aja is an erudite scholar, accomplished academic, astute administrator and a devout Christian. His hobbies include gardening, mentoring and research with major research interest Educational Leadership, Human resource management and Policy analysis. He is married with children.

Mr. Kenneth Ukeagu was born on 1^st January, 1965. He hails from Umuahia North of Abia state.

He obtained his First School Leaving Certificate from Zik’s Avenue Primary School, Uwani, Enugu state in 1975 and proceeded to Ibeku High School, Umuahia, Abia State where he obtained his West African School Certificate. Thereafter, he gained admission into the University of Calabar where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Sociology in the year 1987.

Shortly after his National Youth Service, Mr. Kenneth pursued a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Jos in 1991, and in 2004, he thereafter proceeded to the University of Jos where he gained a Post Graduate Diploma in Management.

Mr. Kenneth went further to acquire some professional certificates among which are; Election Administration, 1998/1999; World Affairs World Certificate of Completion, 2008, Certificate of Participation on ICT Proficiency – 2009, Certificate of Completion of a BRIDGE Course on Pre-election Activities – 2012, Certificate on Applied Logistics Management – 2025, Certificate on Effective Electoral Operational and Logistics Strategies – 2016 and Certificate of Completion of BRIDGE Elections Professional Development Training – 2018.

He began his career as a Personnel Officer 2 of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), Plateau State in 1988. In 1992, he also served as Personnel Officer 1 where he participated in the recruitment of adhoc staff during the conduct of the Local Government elections in 1992.

In 1990. Mr. Kenneth was posted to Jos LGA of Plateau state as an Electoral Officer where he organized and conducted Voter Registration Exercise in the Local Government Area, he also organized and conducted Local Government and Governorship Elections in 1990 and 1992 in Jos LGA among others.

Mr. Kenneth Ukeagu headed the Department of Field Services and Research Department in Plateau state in 1993 as Senior Research Officer. He successfully planned, organized, and coordinated the conduct of the 1993 Presidential Elections in Plateau State and also Voter Registration.

In 1996, he rose to the rank of Principal Personnel Officer, Logistics and Field Services.

In 2001, Mr. Kenneth was elevated to the rank of Assistant Chief Administrative Officer (Logistics), and then in 2002, he became Chief Administrative Officer (Logistics). Amongst his achievements as Chief Administrative Officer (Logistics) were the development of logistics plans for procurement and delivery of materials required for electoral activities including materials for the 2003 General Election, the development of a transportation plan for a nationwide deployment of men and materials for the conduct of Voter Registration Exercise for the 2003 General Election among others.

In 2005, he rose to the rank of Assistant Director, Logistics where he headed the Logistics and Planning Unit. During his tenure as Assistant Director, he designed Ballot Papers and Result Sheets used for the conduct of the 2007 General Elections and he successfully handled the deployment of men and materials for the 2007 General Elections. He also developed Advisory Architecture for securing men and materials deployed during the 2007 General Election.

He served as Deputy Director, Logistics in 2009 where he headed the Electoral Logistics Division of the Commission. He was responsible for the development of the Electoral Logistics plans, deployment of Officials for Electoral activities, among others. He had to his credit the introduction of the customized Ballot Papers and Result Sheets which were deployed during the 2011 and 2015 General Elections.

Mr. Kenneth was elevated to the rank of Director in 2016 where he headed the Procurement Department. He was responsible for processing procurements in the Commission. He developed a plan for the procurement of materials used during the 2019 General Election, supervised the procurement, storage, security, and deployment of materials used during the 2019 General Elections, and also developed plans for the Continuous Voter Registration exercise.

Due to his wealth of knowledge as an Election Logistics and Procurement expert, Mr. Kenneth Nnamdi Ukeagu was the first staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be appointed as National Commissioner. He is currently the National Commissioner supervising Ebonyi, Enugu & Imo states and the Chairman in charge of Tenders Board (TB).

Until he was appointed National Commissioner, Mr. Kenneth was a humble, honest, and hardworking staff with strong interpersonal skills, and excellent leadership ability. He was a team player and could meet deadlines when assigned any job to do. He was a strong planner with versatile knowledge in management.

Mr. Kenneth has vast experience in Electoral Operations Administration with over Thirty (30) years of experience as an Election Logistics and Procurement expert.

He is currently a member of the Institute of Management; a Fellow, of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, and also a fellow of, the Institute of Corporate Administration.

Mr. Kenneth is widely traveled. He is happily married and blessed with children.

Baba Bila was born on the 9^th February, 1958. He hailed from Damagum, Fune Local Government Area of Yobe state and he attended Yerwa Central primary school, Maiduguri. Comprehensive secondary school, Mubi, Adamawa state (1976). Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, Gombe State (1979), University of Maiduguri (1986); University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri (1991); Lagos State University. Ojo (2000); Usmanu-Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (2012).

He has impactful achievements in remuneration and financial management, public policy analysis, as well as human capital management built on qualification of B.Sc. (Accountancy). Master of Public Administration (Public Administration), Master of business Administration (Financial Management), and Doctor of Philosophy (Management Studies). He is a Fellow of the Association of National Accountant of Nigeria (ANAN), Fellow of the Association of chartered System Accountant United State and Member of the chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. He also attended numerous courses and trainings UK, USA, CANADA, Singapore and Europe. He also had financial decision-making training in the New York world Trade center of pace University, Leadership training University Dublin, Ireland. He also has served in many states as national committees including committee on planning infrastructure for Nigeria for 30 years (2012-2042), committee on Total Radar Coverage of the Nigerian Airspace.

Started work with Borno state ministry of Education before he was posted to the Borno state water Board, Maiduguri. The 1991 creation of the states necessitated his deployment to Yobe state water Board, Damaturu. He moved on to the Federal Civil Aviation Authority (FCAA), Ikeja on transfer of service. The merger of (FCAA and NAA in 1995 to form Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria) took him to Federal Airport Authority (AGM), Ikeja, while the creation of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) Ikeja got him deployed to NAMA as GM and later as Director. He was the pioneer Director Administration and Finance of the Agricultural Research council of Nigeria, Abuja. He also had a stint as a senior Lecturer at the Yobe state University Damaturu and worked at University of Benin, Benin city As Bursar. He has written a number of journal, articles and other papers.

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Professor Sani Muhammad Adam was born on Wednesday 2^nd, March 1966 in Jos, Plateau State.  He is from Baraki Ladi L.G.A.  Professor Sani Muhammed Adam (SAN) was appointed, confirmed, and sworn in on 15^th September 2021 as INEC National Electoral Commissioner representing North Central Geopolitical Zone respectively. He is a Fellow Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS).

Professor Sani Muhammad Adam was preferred and elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on the 14^th of December 2020.  He was appointed a Professor of Law in November 2013 by the Nigeria Police Academy Wudil, Kano State.  He was assessed externally and awarded the Professorial Chair, November 2014.  Later in December 2016, he was appointed and confirmed as Professor of Environmental and Planning Laws by the Council and Senate of the University of Abuja, with effect from October 2015, his parent University, as he had been on secondment to set up the Law Faculty at the Police Academy.  He graduated top of his class and won the prestigious Justice Muhammad Bello, the Chief Justice of Nigeria award as the best graduating student of the Faculty of Law Bayero University Kano in 1991.  He graduated with a Second Class Upper Division.  He proceeded to the Nigerian Law School Lagos in 1991 and graduated in 1992 with a Second Class Division. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in December 1992. He served the mandatory NYSC Scheme in Kaduna State as a Legal Officer to Kaura L.G.A between 1992 and 1993. He proceeded to obtained LL.M and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Jos in 1996 and 2006 respectively.  He has taught in the University of Jos, University of Abuja and the Nigeria Police Academy spanning a period of twenty (24) years without any blemish.  He was also a visiting Professor at the Baze University, Abuja. He was the Head of the Department on Private and Islamic Law, Faculty of Law in University of Abuja.  He has been an external assessor/Examiner to the National Defense College, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and Nasarawa State University.

Professor Sani Adam was a Consultant to the World Bank on Land Administration in Nigeria.  He was a resource person to the Federal Ministry of Environment in the drafting of the NESREA Rules and Regulations in various sectors of the Environment.  In February 2016, he was appointed by the Chairman EFCC to draft the new curriculum for all the three segments of the EFCC Academy in Karu, FCT Abuja, Nigeria.

Professor Sani M. Adam is a re-known specialist in Environmental and Planning Laws, Climate change Law and Litigation: Financial crimes: Cyber-Crime and Cyber Security: Maritime Law and Security; Marine Pollution; Environment and Security Studies; Military Laws; Human Rights Laws and Public International Laws.  He specializes in Equity and Trust Laws, Laws of Torts, Treaties, International Trade and Procurement Law.

He was appointed the Dean of Law, and Chairman Committee of Deans and Directors at the Nigeria Police Academy Wudil, Kano, Nigeria.

He was appointed as the Deputy Vice Chancellor Administration in University of Abuja on 19^th February 2019 and he has acted a few times as an Acting Vice Chancellor University of Abuja between March and April 2019.  He is an erudite and versatile scholar of repute.  He was appointed external assessor by the National Defense College, Abuja, 2012 and has been consistent to date. He is an academic, Legal Practitioner, Legal Consultant and a researcher.  He practices Law and is a member of the Unity Bar Abuja.  Professor Sani M. Adam is well-travelled and well-published both at home and abroad.  He is versatile and resourceful.  He is married with children.

Alhaji Abdulrazaq Tukur Yusuf, born on July 2, 1965, in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, Nigeria, is a dynamic and respected expert in public administration and electoral management. His academic journey began at Ramalan Primary School in Bakori and continued at Government College Kaduna, before he pursued a Bachelor of Arts in English at Bayero University Kano, graduating in 1987. He then earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Economics in 1990, and deepened his international experience with a Master of Arts in Development Studies from the University of Leeds in 1991, complemented by further studies at the University of Bradford in England.

Over more than thirty years, Alhaji Yusuf built an exceptional career within Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Following early service as Senior Appraisal Officer at the National Board for Community Banks in Bauchi, he joined INEC, steadily advancing from Assistant Chief Administrative Officer to Director of Human Resource Management at the national headquarters. His leadership extended to serving as Administrative Secretary in both Nasarawa and Kano States, where he ensured electoral integrity and administrative efficiency. Before retiring in 2023, he culminated his distinguished career as Director of Electoral Operations and Logistics. In recognition of his extensive expertise and commitment to transparent governance, he was appointed National Commissioner of INEC in Abuja, representing the country’s North‑West Zone—an appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic.

Known as a “Thesaurus Scholar,” Alhaji Yusuf combines a profound intellect with an aptitude for creative problem-solving and a strong passion for human resource development. A devout Muslim, he brings integrity, discipline, and compassion to every role. He is also a devoted family man, married with children, grounding his professional vigor in strong personal values and community commitment.