Worked as a Lecturer(and HOD) in Information Technology department in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University for many years.
Joined Islamic International University of Madinah as Head of Technical Writing in 2014.
Appointed as the Director General(DG)/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency(NITDA) by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016. He served
the post between 26 September 2016 to 20 August 2019 and was succeeded by Inuwa Kashifu Abdullahi.
After being nominated, he became the Honorable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy on 21st August 2019 till date.
NOTABLE AWARDS
Nigeria's ICT Promoter of the year 2017
MOST PROMISING MINISTER of the year at the Democracy Heroes Award
Award of Excellence by Arewa Journalists Forum(AJF)
Appreciation plaque by re-ignite public affairs in partnership with Business Day
Appreciation plaque by 2020 Engineering Week and Annual General Meeting
2020 Peace Award by African Youth Assembly for Peace(AYAP)
Distinguished Award by Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria(ATCON)
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