Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai
Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai | |
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| Senator for Yobe South | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Hassan |
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| Born | 10 February 1960 Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria |
| Political party | All Progressives Congress (APC) |
| Alma mater | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Kaduna Polytechnic. |
Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai (born 10 February 1960) is a Nigerian politician. He is the Senator representing Yobe South Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly. He is a member of the ruling Party All Progressives Congress (APC).
Early Life and Education
Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai was born in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State on 10 February 1960 to the family of Mohammed Bomai and Hafsat Bomai. He obtained his secondary school leaving certificate in 1977 from the Government College, Maiduguri. He received a Diploma in Accountancy1980, Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (1982) both from the Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna. He received a Masters Degree in Business Administration (Finance) in 1999 from the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi from 1997 to 1999. He also studied at Harvard University, Cambridge, Boston, United States between 2004 and 2006 and at the London School of Management, London, U.K in 2005. Bomai is a Fellow of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, 1994, Fellow, the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, 2000, Fellow Chartered Institute of Treasury Management of Nigeria, 2012 and Fellow, Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria, 2012. .[1]
Career
Bomai's work experience began with his appointment as a lecturer, College of Education, Nsugbe, Anambra State during his mandatory national service (NYSC) between 1982 and 1983. Thereafter, he gained employment as a Finance Officer with BOADAP, Maiduguri in 1983. In 1985, he left BOADAP and joined the services of Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri as a Senior Accountant. In 1986, he was promoted to Principal Accountant and Acting Bursar, Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri. He switched over to the Federal service in 1988 as Assistant Chief Accountant and Acting Bursar, Federal College of Education (Technical), Potiskum, Yobe State.[2]He was confirmed as the substantive Bursar of the institution and held the strategic post till 2002 when he moved over to the nation's capital, Abuja as the Assistant Director (Accounts), office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. He was subsequently posted to Ministry of Federal Capital Territory (MFCT), Abuja. Between 2005 and 2008, he served as Deputy Director (Accounts) Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation on posting to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). Within the period, he served as the Auditor-General for the FCT area councils under the FCTA. Bomai was promoted to the position of Director of Treasury of the Federal Capital Territory Administration in 2008, a pivotal post in the FCTA which he held until he retired from the civil service in August 2016.[3]
Senate of Nigeria
Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai was elected on the nineteenth of February 2019 as senator representing Yobe South Senatorial District to be a member of the 9th senate.[4][5][6][7][8]
References
- ^ http://image.org.ng/2018/06/27/ibrahim-bomai-pearl-of-excellence/
- ^ "Bomai: The new hand in charge of FCTA treasury".
- ^ "The Abuja Inquirer - Newspaper". The Abuja Inquirer.
- ^ https://www.inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-GENERAL-ELECTIONS-LIST-OF-ELECTED-CANDIDATES-TO-THE-SENATE.pdf
- ^ "APC wins Senate majority with 63 Senators, PDP behind with 37". www.pulse.ng. 12 March 2019.
- ^ "Gaidam, Lawan, Bomoi elected APC senators in Yobe". 25 February 2019.
- ^ https://www.independent.ng/apcs-bomai-wins-yobe-south-senate-seat/
- ^ Buba, Musa M. (25 February 2019). "Buhari leads in Yobe as Bomai clinches South Senatorial ticket".