Abubakar Sani Sambo

Abubakar Sani Sambo
Abubakar Sani Sambo
Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN)
	In office; 2007 – January 2013
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2007
Vice-Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
	In office; 1995–2004
Preceded by	Buba G. Bajoga
Succeeded by	Garba Aliyu Babaji
Personal details
Born	31 July 1955; Kaduna State, Nigeria
Political party	Non-partisan

Abubakar Sani Sambo OON (Born 31 July 1955) is a Nigerian Mechanical engineer, former Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN),[1] Chair of the Nigerian Member Committee of the World Energy Council (WEC), Africa Region and former Vice-Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Nigeria.[2][3]

Early life and education

He was born on 31 July 1955 in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. He obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.sc) degree in mechanical engineering from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979 with a first class honour.[4] In 1983, he obtained a doctorate degree, Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom.[5] After he received his Ph.D, he returned to Nigeria to join the services of Bayero University, Kano where he rose to the position of a senior lecturer in 1989 and was appointed a professor in energy studies at the same University.[6] He was appointed as the vice-chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in 1995 and served in this capacity for two terms (1995-2004).[7] He is the incumbent director-general and chief executive of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) and vice chairman of the World Energy Council (WEC), Africa Region, since November 2007.[8]

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