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Prof. Ibrahim Garba
Director General of the Mining Cadastre Agency

 

 
BIO SKETCH   DOB: 25 February, 1957; Place of Origin: Riruwai Doguwa LGA, Kano State; Citizenship: Nigerian
     
MARITAL STATUS   Married with children
     
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION   Economic Geology, Mineral Exploration, Geochemistry (Mineral Deposit Studies).
     
EDUCATION   Ph.D. (Geology), (1993), University of London, U.K.

D.I.C (Diploma of Imperial College) Mineral Deposit Studies, (1993) Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of  Science, Technology & Medicine, London, U.K.

M.Sc. Mineral Exploration, (1985), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

B.Sc.(Hons) Geology, (1980), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

     
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION   Technical, Financial and Legal Appraisal of Mining Projects- A continuing education course.  T.H. Huxley School of  the Environment, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College, London, 18-20th November, 1998.
     
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & INSTITUTIONS   Member, Institute of Materials, Minerals, & Mining (MIMMM).

Member, Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA).

Member, Nigerian Mining  & Geosciences Society (MNMGS).

Member, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD).

National Youth Corp Service Scheme (NYSC) 1980/81.

Member, Mining & Geosciences Think Tank Committee of the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Abuja, Nigeria 2001.

Coordinator, (Northwest) , University/Polytechnic Assistance Program (UAP) of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) 2000-2005.

Member, Accreditation team for Geological Engineering Courses of the Nigerian National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) 1998-1999.

Member, Scientific Committee of the Nigerian Mineral Appraisal  and Monetization Programme (NIMAMOP), Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (1996-2000).

Member, Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (COMEG) 2000-2004.

Member, Presidential Technical Committee on the development of coal production in Nigeria (2003).

Member, Ahmadu Bello University Governing Council 2004-2006.


WORKING EXPERIENCE   Mining Cadastre Office, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Abuja, Nigeria (Director Mining Cadastre Office) 2005-Present.

Department of Geology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria 1994-2005 (Lecturer I -Professor), Head of Dept. (1997-2001, 2003-2005).

Raw Materials Research & Development Council, Nigeria (Asst. Chief Scientific Officer/ Liason Officer for Kano state) 1993-1994.

Kano State College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies, Kano, Nigeria (Lecturer I/Head of Geology Dept.) 1988-1993 (Including Ph.D. study leave 1989-1993).

Department of Geology, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria (Asst. Lecturer) 1986-1988.

Nigerian Mining Corporation, Jos, Nigeria (Geologist I-Senior Geologist) 1981-1986.

     
   
   
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