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The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and
the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Dr. Goodluck
Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of
Professor Ibrahim Abdullai Madugu as the substantive
Director-General of the National Metallurgical Development
Centre, Jos, Plateau state.
The
organisation is a parastatal under the Ministry of
Mines and Steel Development.
Professor Madugu is an Associate Professor of
Metallurgical Engineering. He graduated from the
prestigious ST. Petersburg State Technical University in
Russia where he bagged Masters of Engineering in
Metallurgical and Ph.D in Industrial Engineering with
bias in Metallurgical Engineering in 1984 and 1988
respectively.
The new Director- General had held several positions
in the academia: a former Head of Department,
Metallurgical and Material Engineering, Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria. He was one time the Secretary and
member of the Interim Management Committee of Ajaoukuta
Steel Company Limited and the National Iron Ore Mining
Company, Itakpe both in Kogi State and the Director
of Metallurgical Inspectorate and Raw Materials
Development in the Ministry of Mines and Steel
Development, Abuja.
He is a fellow of the Nigerian Metallurgical Society
and belongs to several professional bodies.
He is happily married with children. |
