Dahiru Bala
Dahiru
Dahiru Bala
Dahiru Bala, Ekweremadu, others receive Honourary
Ph.D
The Bank of Industry (BOI’s) Kano State Branch Manager, Dahiru
Bala Mohammed, has been conferred with a Doctor of Philosophy
(Honoris Causa) by the Federal College of Dental Technology and
Therapy, Enugu.
Bala was honoured at the Institution’s maiden convocation
ceremony held recently, alongside the Deputy Senate President, Dr.
Ike Ikweremadu, Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan
Dankwambo, the host Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Dr. Sylvanus
Obigwe of Belmont Dental Clinic, among other illustrious
personalities.
Dahiru Bala, who had served as Gombe State’s Branch Manager for
BOI, between 2012 and 2016 and was in charge of all industrial
projects in Adamawa, Gombe and Taraba States, received the honorary
degree for his remarkable contributions to the growth of Nigeria’s
business sector.
PR Nigeria gathered that the BOI Branch Manager holds a Masters
degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy, and also in Business
Administration, all from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria,
Kaduna State.
Bala attended Federal Government College (FGC) Maiduguri, before
proceeding to School of Basic and Remedial Studies (SBRS) Zaria, in
1984, for his A’ Level. He is also a graduate of Accounting from
ABU, and subsequently bagged a Post-Graduate Degree in Banking and
Finance from University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), in 2001.
His working career began at All-Guarantee Investment Company
Limited Kano, where he was an Investment Analyst. Between 1996 and
2003, he was the Project Analyst for National Economic
Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND).
The FOI senior staff has acted as ‘Resource Person’ for various
business and academic institutions including Fate Foundation, Sense
Business Club, Africa Growth and Opportunity Act Centre under the
United State Embassy in Nigeria, and the Nigeria Incentive-Based
Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL). He is
presently a part-time lecturer at the Dangote Business School,
Kano.
Bala, a widely-traveled administrator, has attended several
professional courses in Nigeria and overseas.
By PRNigeria