BRIEF PROFILE ON ALHAJI ABUBAKAR MALAM ABUBAKAR

BRIEF PROFILE ON ALHAJI ABUBAKAR MALAM ABUBAKAR

Alhaji Abubakar Malam is a retired Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs. He is currently a businessman and a farmer.

PERSONAL BACKGROUND

Alhaji Abubakar Malam was born in Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi State of Nigeria on the 28^th  of April 1956. He is married with children.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Alhaji Malam started his western education in 1965 when he was enrolled for his primary education at Central Primary School, Birnin Kebbi. He passed out in 1971 and proceeded to the famous Barewa College for his Secondary School education from 1972 to 1976. Having passed the West African School Certificate examination, he was accepted into the School of Basic Studies Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria for his `A' levels. On successful completion of the `A' levels, he was admitted into Almadu Bello University, Zaria in 1977 where he bagged a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science and graduated in 1980.

CAREER BACKGROUND

After the successful completion of the mandatory National Youth Service, Alhaji Malam began his ascension in the Civil Service having been appointed into then Sokoto State Government as an Assistant Secretary in July 1983. Between July 1983 when he took up his first appointment to June 1989, Alhaji Abubakar Malam served in various capacities in the Sokoto State Government and was rewarded by regular promotions until he attained the rank of Under Secretary. Desirous for new challenges, contributions on a wider scale to his nation, he sought and got the transfer of his services from the Sokoto State Government to the Federal Government's Nigeria Customs Service. He transferred his services effective from 5^th June 1989 as an Assistant Comptroller of Customs. After the mandatory six months Basic Training at the Customs Training College, Ikeja, Lagos, Malam settled down to the onerous task of being a revenue collector that he did successfully as testimony will show later. Due to sheer diligence that always produced glowing results, from June 1989 to May 2002, Malam served the Nigeria Customs Service in six different sensitive positions. As with the Sokoto State Government, the Federal Government equally rewarded him with deserving promotions. From a humble beginning with the rank of an Assistant Comptroller, he rose to the rank of Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs. LF

TESTIMONIES

(a) ON THE JOB TRINING RECEIVED

i)          September to November 1981                       Induction Course on Civil Service

ii)         July 1989 to January 1990                              Basic Customs Training Course at Customs Training College, Ikeja.

iii)        August to September 1990                             Para-Military Orientation Course (Weapon Handling) at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji.

iv)        October 1997                                                      Nigeria ASYCUDA Project: General Management Course for Nigeria Customs organized by ECOWAS Computer Community Centre.

(v)        October 1997                                                   Nigeria ASYCUDA Project:

Risk Analysis and Stress Management        Course for Executives of the Nigeria Customs Service.

8^tn - 10^th March 1998                                                              1^St World ASYCUDA meeting

at Manila The Philippines,   Bureau  of Customs.

(b)           RELATED CONFERENCES/SEMINARS

i)          April 1997                                                World Customs Organization (WCO)

Conference for West and Central     Afriacan  Regions, Libreville, Gabon.

ii)         September 1997                                        International Customs

                         Conference and

Exhibition (ICCE) at Brighton,   United Kingdom                                          

iii)        January 1999                                              Seminar on International

Customs Day,                                                          International Conference

Centre, Abuja.

iv)        Various                                                         Annual Conference of

Customs Comptroller­

General, 1990 to Date.

(c)           EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES

i)          West African School Certificate

ii)         Bsc Political Science Degree Certificate

iii)        National Youth Service Corps Certificate

iv)        Civil Service Examination Certificate

v)            Weapons Handling Certificate

vi)           ICCE Certificate

vii)       ASYCUDA Project General Management Certificate

viii)      ASYCUDA Project Risk Analysis and Stress Management Certificate

ix)        l^st World ASYCUDA Meeting Certificate

(d)     VARIOUS POSITIONS HELD,

Under Sokoto State Government:

i)          Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Sokoto State.

ii)         Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Education, Sokoto State.

iii)        Principal Assistant Secretary, Office of the Governor, Sokoto State.

iv)        Principal Assistant Secretary, Sokoto State Government Liaison Office, Lagos.

v)         Ag. Liaison Officer, Sokoto State Government Liaison Office, Lagos.

vi)        Under Secretary, Sokoto State Government, Liaison Office, Lagos.

UNDER NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE:

i)          Assistant Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service, Zonal Headquarters, Zone 'F', Ibadan.

ii)         Assistant Comptroller (Outdoor), Kano Area Command, Kano.

iii)        Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit, Zone 'A', Lagos.

iv)        Customs Area Controller, Tin Can Island Port, Lagos.

v)         Comptroller, (International Customs), ERR&P Dept. National Headquarters, Abuja.

vi)        National coordinator ASYCUDA/Computer, National Headquarters, Abuja.

vii)       Assistant Comptroller-General, Technical Services Division, FATS Dept, National Headquarters, Abuja.

viii)      Deputy Comptroller-General, Corporate Services and Economic Relations (COSER) Dept. National Headquarters, Abuja.

ix)        Voluntarily retired as Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs on 1^st July 2006.

(f)        COMMENDATION HONOURS AND AWARDS

               i)              Commendation Letter from Panel of Enquiry to Examine the Structure, Re­-organize and Reform the Nigeria Customs Service (a.k.a Tarfa Panel)

            ii)         Best Customs Area Controller for the year 1998

            iii)        Customs Service Silver Medal Award

               iv)            Sheikh Abdullahi Fodio of Gwandu Certificate of Honour

                             v)              Traditional title of Shettiman Gwandu conferred by the Emir of Gwandu, His Royal Highness, the Emir and Chairman Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Mustafa Jokolo.

                      vi)         Recipient of National Merit Award (2006) MFR

ALHAJI ABUBAKAR MALAM (MFR

DEPUTY COMPTROLLER-GENERAL (Retired)

NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS,

ABUJA.

NEW LOOK OF KEBBI STATE:A DECLARATION OF INTENT SPEECH BY ALH ABUBAKAR MALAM SHETTIMAN GWANDU

Bismillah.

Protocol.

Today the entire Kebbi State has worn a new look,  today is the beginning of a new dawn in Kebbi State; today is the conclusive part of the journey we started together four years ago.

Today and here, I come to do four things:

1.  To move with all of you my dear brothers and sisters away from the party of injustice and oppression to the rave of the moment, the party of equity, justice and positive change, the CPC.  This cannot be done without your permission and support.

2.  I come with all humility to, as a human being seek for your individual and collective understanding and forgiveness from and to each other for whatever shortcomings and errors we must have committed against one another whether in group or individually from my actions or inactions.

3.  Today, I will not continue with this short speech without your forgiveness and understanding  but I will not stop the speech because I know that the love you have for Shettima is deep and real to the bottom of your heart and therefore, I am not in doubt of your total overlook of our shortcomings.  Today, I come to comfirm and affirm my gratitude.

4.  Today, I come to ask for your skill, professionalism, ideas, hard-work and dedication in working together to make our dear State great to the envy of all.

Today, Kebbi State is on a new level, on a new and energized gear, the gear of truth, the gear of trust, the gear of consistency, the gear of sincerity, the gear of fulfiled promises, the gear of equity, the gear of justice and the gear of service to the people.  All of these put us together on sure and steady motion for complete transformation to prosperity of  Kebbi State.

Today, we are teaming up with the man of peace, the man of justice, the man of equity, the man who has the feelings of the talakawas and loved by the talakawas, man of honor, the man who earns his respect and derives his strength from God and the people.  Today the shadow of General Muhammad Buhari is enough for all of us to rest all our fatigue from the bad government of betrayals, sadism, selfishness and cheating under the banner of the PDP as manisfested in Kebbi State since 2007.

Today is the beginning of the end of your long-suffering.  Today we shall start the journey of reclaimation of our stolen mandate.  Today we are unified and resolved in our irrevocable commitment of the Shettima movement for the governorship of Kebbi State come 2011 insha Allah.

With the kind of support I see here today and which I know is sincere without any mincing of words, I know that those occupying the government house of Kebbi State on a stolen mandate are already jeatery and have started parking their ill-gotten belongings from that house for your government to take over come May 29th 2011 insha Allah.

Today, I want to unveil to you my four (4) point agenda for the complete transformation of our dear State:

This is my mission:

'The administration of Kebbi State under my able leadership come 2011 is  committed to responsibly building the economy of Kebbi State by creating and promoting an enabling environment for manufacturing and commerce to thrive; an integrated agricultural program that would allow for all year round produce production and processing; a massive mobilization program for empowering women and youth to be engaged in productive pursuits.

We are committed to the participative approach so that our citizens can contribute in shapping the future of our State, remain fully informed of and responsive to the development challenges facing us as a State in the Nigerian federation, and keep a check on the resources.'

MY FOUR POINT AGENDA:

EDUCATION:  Today, I am assuring you of the commitment of our government to strengthen and broaden the participatory base in the actualization of a qualitative skills based basic and secondary education system that will provide a solid foundation for highly motivated students to reach their full potentials.

AGRICULTURE:  Today, I reveal to you that our government would aspire to grow the economy of Kebbi State by pursuing a comprehensive agricultural development plan that seeks to exploit the State by pursuing a comprehensive agricultural development plan which seeks to exploit the abundant land, water, labor and other resources for an all-year round agricultural production integrated with agro-processing and value addition.

HEALTH:  In the health sector, our government come 2011 insha Allah is going to provide accessible, affordable, qualitative and sustainable health services to the people of Kebbi State.

WEALTH CREATION:  From the day we take over the mantle of government in Kebbi State, the government shall embark on massive and rapid development projects that would create wealth for all and sundry; empower women and youth; provide job oppportunities for everybody; re-energize our Civil Service to regain back their lost glory.

Today we are back together even stronger from our mistakes and omissions.  This time, starting from today, we shall make our votes count.  We shall cast our votes peacefully, protect our votes, guard our votes, get our votes counted in the open in accordance to the dictate of the electoral act, follow our votes to collation centers and ensure that the collated votes are announced as correctly as they were casted.

I will cast my vote, watch my vote, escort my vote and ensure that my vote counts. Today Shettima is assuring that he will do exactly as he says and he expects you all to do so to ensure that our great party sweeps all elective offices come May 2011from the presidency to the councillor.

Today, I am relieved of a burden that has been bothering my heart.  The burden of guilt for your long-suffering for almost four years now.  I am relieved because I believe you understand all my steps and you are willing to come along with me for the achievement of our desired goal of making Kebbi State second to none in Nigeria.  Kebbi State will only be competing with itself.

Today, those at home who cannot be here with us shall be told that Shettima is appreciative of their support and seek for their understanding.

I THANK GOD FOR TODAY, I THANK YOU ALL TODAY AND TODAY IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LOOK FOR OUR DEAR STATE.

Long live the federal republic of  Nigeria, long live Kebbi State, long live the Congress for Progressive Change.

Thank you.

LET US RISE UP

Let us rise up with greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days,these days of challenge to make kebbi state,a better state. we thank Almighty Allah for allowing us to lead the change.