Meet Abdullahi Garba Ramat, Kano-born IT expert who is the newly appointed NERC chair

Abdullahi Garba Ramat has been appointed by President Bola Tinubu as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

According to a statement released on Thursday by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, the newly appointed NERC boss will assume office in an acting capacity until he is confirmed by the Senate.

WITHIN NIGERIA also learned that the president appointed Abubakar Yusuf as commissioner of consumer affairs and Fouad Olayinka Animashun as commissioner of finance and management services for NERC.

Here is a short profile about the new NERC chairman, Abdullahi Garba Ramat:

1. He was born in 1985.
2. He attended a primary school in his local community in Kano
3. He completed his junior secondary school education at Government Technical College, Ungogo
4. He obtained his secondary school certificate from Dawakin Tofa Science College
5. He pursued his first degree at Bayero University, Kano, graduating with a second-class upper division in electrical engineering
6. He founded AG RAMAT GLOBAL LINKS, an IT and computer-based company, in 2008 while studying at Bayero University
7. He continued his education at Jodhpur International University, India, where he earned a master’s degree in telecom
8. He has a PhD in strategic management from Lincoln University
9. As a businessman, he has expanded AG RAMAT GLOBAL LINKS, which now has branches in Nigeria, Chad, India, and Dubai
10. According to the report, the company has diversified into agriculture, mining, and import/export while maintaining its core expertise in computers (software and hardware) and other gadgets
11. He sought election to the Federal House of Assembly, representing the Ungogo and Minjibir Constituency under the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) in 2018, and lost
12. He also holds a suite of executive certifications from world-class institutions, including Harvard University (Big Data Analytics, Civil Engagement), Google (Workshop Administration), Microsoft (Azure Solutions Architect Expert), and Gonzaga University (Power Transmission and Distribution Systems)
13. He contested again for the chairman of Ungogo LGA and as Executive Chairman of Ungogo LGA (2021–2024)
14. He championed Nigeria’s first blockchain-based decentralized e-identity system, facilitating the issuance of tamper-proof indigene and resident ID cards.