Updated: 15 Things You Should Know About Amina Bala Zakari INEC Chairman, Jega's Alleged Replacement

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Updated: 15 Things You Should Know About Amina Bala Zakari INEC Chairman, Jega's Alleged Replacement

Reports say that INEC National Commissioner, Amina Bala Zakari has been chosen to take the place of the chairman.

According to reports, the Federal Government is set to remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Attahiru Jega.

Reports say that INEC National Commissioner,Amina Bala Zakari has been chosen to take the place of the chairman.

Here are 5 things you should know about her:

1. She was born on June 23, 1960

2. She is from the Kazaure Local Government Area of Jigawa State

3. She attended the prestigious Queens College in Yaba, Lagos.

4. She earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in Pharmacy from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU),Zaria in 1980.

5. She had her National Youth Service Programme at the Federal University of Technology, Bauchi between 1981 -1982, where she set up a Pharmacy and Drug Store Dispensary as her service year project.

6. Her other academic qualifications include, Certificate in Managing Drugs Supply for Primary Health Care from the International Drug Agency, MHS Amsterdam, Netherlands and a Certificate in General Management Programme, Executive Education in Business and Management, Harvard Business School (HBS) Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

7. She began her professional career at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna as a Senior Pharmacist in 1984.

8. She was at CVS Pharmacy Hartsdale, New York, USA between 1993 and 1994 as an Intern Pharmacist and returned to Nigeria to join the Consolidated Health Services, Abakpa Kaduna, where she became the Chief Pharmacist/Consultant from 1996 to 1997.

9. She also worked with Afri-Project Consortium, Abuja from 1999 to 2001, where she was also a Senior Consultant/Chief Pharmacist.

10. She joined the services of the Federal Capital Territory Administration in 2004, where she was one time Secretary Health and Human Services, Secretary Social Development and Acting Secretary, Agriculture and Rural Development.

11. Her career as a pharmacist Consultant, saw her working with the National AIDS and STDs Control Program (NASCP), Federal Ministry of Health 2002, Project Director for National Primary Health care Development Agency in 2003, Project Coordinator for FCT Federation of Muslim Women’s Organization (FOMWAN) 2003, National Consultant, National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) 2004, Lead Consultant/ Project Manager, Songhai Medical Centre Limited 2008, Consultant, Complete Medicare Limited and Accessible Managed Care Limited 2008 and Consultant, Millennium Development Goal Office 2008.

12. Amina Zakari is a Registered Pharmacist and Member, Pharmacist’s Society of Nigeria as well as member of Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM).

13. Her hobbies include reading, crafts and traveling.

14. She is a widow with five children.

15. She was appointed as National Commissioner of INEC in the year 2010.
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