President Buhari appoints Taminu Abubakar new PTI registrar

– Prof. Abubakar Tanimu has been appointed the new registrar and secretary to the governing council of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI)

– His tenure will last for a period of four years

Professor Tanimu Abubakar

President Muhammadu Buhari has assigned Mr Abubakar Tanimu to the position of the new registrar and secretary to the governing council of the Petroleum Training Institute in Effurun, the Uvwie local government area of Delta Ssate.

The appointment comes into force from October 13, 2016, and will last for four years, Daily Post reports.

Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, the minister of state for petroleum resources, signed Mr Tanimu’s appointment letter via Mr. Mordecai Ladan, the director of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and statutory chairman of the PTI governing council.

What you need to know about Abubakar Tanimu

Until his appointment, Taminu was a Deputy Director, Human Resources Department of the Institute and a graduate of History/Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state in 1981.

Tanimu also obtained Professional Certificates in Administration from the Royal Institute in Public Administration, London and Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom in 2001 and 2003 respectively.