FG Appoints Dr.
FG Appoints Dr. Shaba as Boss of Space Development
Agency NASRDA
The Federal Government has appointed Dr. Halilu Shaba Ahmad as
the acting Director-General of the National Space Research and
Development Agency (NASRDA), following the expiration of the
two-term tenure of Professor Seidu Mohammed.
PRNigeria gathered that Dr. Shaba is one of the most senior
directors in the Space Research agency. A graduate of Geography
from Bayero University Kano with Masters Degree from Ahmadu Bello
University Zaria, he obtained and Ph.D. in Remote Sensing from the
Federal University of Technology, Minna in 2000.
He started his career as a cartographer at the National
Population Commission in 1989, before he returned to the Federal
University of Technology, Minna where he was a lecturer and Deputy
Dean. He was also Deputy Director Planning and Research at the
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) before he was appointed
Director of Strategic Space Applications at the National Space
Research and Development Agency since 2009 before his current
appointment.
An expert in Geosciences and Geomatics, specializing in
Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems, Dr.
Shaba has been a Member of Nigerian Delegation to United Nations
Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS); Joint Expert
Group (JEG8) on the implementation of an integrated AU-EU Joint
Strategy under the 8th Partnership on Science, Information Society
and Space; Extended Coordinating Team of Global Monitoring of the
Environment & Africa (GMES & Africa); and Executive
Committee Member & GEO Principal for Nigeria, Group on Earth
Observation (GEO), Geneva, Switzerland.
He is also Member of Nigerian Delegation to United Nations
Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS), Joint Expert
Group (JEG8) on the implementation of an integrated AU-EU Joint
Strategy under the 8th Partnership on Science, Information Society
and Space, Extended Coordinating Team of Global Monitoring of the
Environment & Africa (GMES & Africa), and Executive
Committee Member & GEO Principal for Nigeria, Group on Earth
Observation (GEO), Geneva, Switzerland.
By PRNigeria