BRIEF PROFILE ON IBRAHIM ABUBAKAR JALINGO

Mr. Ibrahim Abubakar Jalingo has over 35 years post-graduation experience. A student of the social sciences (B.sc Political Science 1983 and later MPA from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria), Ibrahim’s working experience span from the Ahmadu Bello University where he started his career to the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), an agency under the Presidency, The Secretariat of the National Council on Privatization, a body responsible to the government for the Privatization, Commercialization and Reform of Public Enterprises. He worked for a brief period in the private sector as General Manager, Commonwealth Industries Ltd, Bamishi Industrial Estate, Kuje, Abuja.

While at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Ibrahim served both at the Faculties and the Central Administrative Units of the University, The high point of his career with the University was when he was appointed the University’s Students Records and Central Admissions Officer, a position he held for a record six years. He also served as Administrative Secretary to the University’s Security Services, Secretary and Chief Administrative Officer to the university’s second largest campus, the Kongo Campus which houses the faculties of Law and Administration. He also served as Secretary to the University’s Housing and Passages Unit.

April 2011 – September 2014 Ibrahim was appointed to pioneer as Registrar to the Federal University Wukari, Taraba state. The Institution was one of the then nine new universities established by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR to address the problem of access to tertiary education by the teaming youth in Nigeria. He served for four years as Registrar and Secretary to the Universities Governing Council and Senate.

At the Bureau of Public Enterprises Abuja, Ibrahim was part of the team that pioneered to establish a full pledged Human Resources Unit for the re-engineered establishment in 2000, and had since then been mostly in and out of the HR unit. He participated in facilitating training programs for the staff of the BPE, both in-house, locally within the country and offshore.  Introduced staff exchange programs to expose BPE staff to public service best practices from other organizations within Nigeria and abroad. Articulated HR policies and updated staff conditions of service to keep it in tune with extant government circulars on manpower planning and development.

Ibrahim also served the BPE in privatization transactional departments of Transport where he was team leader for the railway reform and concession unit. As Head, BPE Labour Relations Unit Ibrahim was responsible for designing and handling labour issues for both the enterprises slated for privatization and those already privatized. He undertook, human resource audit on the enterprises and advised on pension, other liabilities and deficits. Articulated and undertook regular reviews of relevant labour laws/policies for both enterprises slated for privatization and those already privatized. Ibrahim served as Head, Mines privatization Unit, responsible for the privatization of the enterprises in the solid minerals sector. At the BPE He served as Head Human Resources Unit again from 2016 to his retirement with effect from November 2019 based on 35 years of service.

Ibrahim also superintended at the Commonwealth Industries limited, Kuje Abuja as its General Manager, where in addition to general Human resources management issues he was responsible to the promoters of the industry for the smooth production of items such as bottled water and carbonated drinks, pet bottles, diapers, woven sacks, stone cutting and polishing and block making.

He also attended several courses at home and abroad to deepen and broaden his knowledge, sharpen his skills and build competences. Some of the programs he attended include:

• Study tour to the University of Nottingham, UK, 2012 to gain exposure to best practices in university Management.

• Study tour to the University of South Florida, USA, 2014 to gain exposure to best practices in university Financial Management and Students Affairs Administration.

• Study tour to Turkish Foundation Universities in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey, 2014. To gain exposure to best practices in university Endowments and the Management of relationships between private ( Foundation) universities and their communities.

• Undertook a study tour on Rail Concession to the Nakala Transport corridor, Malawi, in march 2004

• Strategic Management Training at UNISA, University of South Africa Graduate School of Business Leadership, October 2008
• Workforce Development and Succession Planning Course at the Royal Institute For Public Administration (RIPA) London 2006 
• Change Management and Human Resources: at the Royal Institute For Public Administration (RIPA) London 2003 
• Policy, Strategy and Leadership Course (PSLC) 22 at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos, Plateau State. June 6^th – July 1^st 2016.

COMPUTER LITERACY

Basic working knowledge in:

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Power Point
• Project
• Lotus 7 Applications
• Web Browsing