Commodore Sabiru
Commodore Sabiru Lawal Takes over as Chairman Military
Pension Board
A new Chairman has been appointed to steer the affairs of the
Military Pensions Board. He is Commodore Sabiru Abayomi Lawal.
Before his appointment as the Chairman Military Pensions Board,
Commodore Lawal was the Director of Finance at the Defence
Intelligence Agency.
2. Born on 13 July 1970 in Abeokuta, Ogun State, He attended St
Bernadettes’ Nursery and Primary School Abeokuta from 1974 to 1981.
Thereafter, he proceeded to Baptist Boys’ High School, Abeokuta
from 1981 to 1986 and Immaculate Heart Comprehensive High School
Lagos from 1987 to 1988.
3. He commenced his military career on 17 September 1989, as a
member of 41 Regular Course at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA)
Kaduna. He was commissioned into the Nigerian Navy in the year 1994
and was promoted to his present rank of a Commodore on 17 September
2017.
4. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the
NDA, Masters in Business Administration (Finance) from the
University of Lagos and Certificate in Public Financial Management
in a Changing World from the Prestigious Harvard Kennedy School of
Executive Education, USA. He is a member of the Institute of Cost
and Management Accountant, Institute of Chartered Economists of
Nigeria, the Nigerian Institute of Management and the Association
of National Accountants of Nigeria.
5. Since he joined the military, he has held several
appointments. Some of which include Command Accounts & Budget
Officer Headquarters Naval Training Command in Lagos from July 2009
to March 2010, Deputy Commander Central Pay Office Lagos from March
2010 to February 2012.
6. He has also worked as the Deputy Defence Adviser (Finance) at
the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN in New York and
Commander Nigeria Navy Central Pay Office before he was appointment
as the Director of Finance at the Defence Intelligence Agency.
Olayinka Lawal
Flight Lieutenant
Public Relations Officer
Military Pensions Board
18 September 2020