PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS AISHA GARBA AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF UBEC

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Aisha Garba, an international development specialist, as the Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education (UBEC). Garba, a Senior Education Specialist with the World Bank, brings over 24 years of experience driving impactful programs in education for human and economic development.

With over 15 years of hands-on experience at the World Bank, Garba has consistently led end-to-end design and management of education programs and reforms, from conceptualization to completion and impact assessment. She will share her rich network with governments, development partners, and communities, as well as the skills she acquired working in fragile, conflict, and violent settings to deliver sustainable solutions in basic education.

Garba had previously worked on the team that met the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets in Nigeria and consulted for the World Bank, Department for International Development, BOND-UK, Regent Foundation, and Muslim Aid Organization. She is an alumna of Petra American University in Jordan, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts combined degree in English and Computer Studies in 2000. She later got a Master’s in International Development at the University of Birmingham in the UK in 2007.

According to the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President expects the new Executive Secretary of UBEC to drive the renewed hope and vision of providing and supporting quality education and ensuring that Nigerian children become globally competitive.