Shortly after assuming
office yesterday, the Acting Chairperson of the Commission, Amina Bala Zakari
spoke to newsmen.
Below
are excerpts of her pronouncements:
I accept my appointment
with humility and with dedication to serve. I believe it is just a continuation
to what the former Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, has started which has
been at a high level and there shouldn’t be any problem. I have been part of
the process: I have known the problems, challenges and I have seen the
successes. What is remaining is for us to build on the successes and try to
tackle the outstanding challenges.
I must say a lot has
been done to improve the electoral processes in Nigeria through the past
Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega and a lot more needs to be done. I must say
it is like trying to reach an equilibrium because the bulk of the work has been
done by former Chairman, Professor Jega, to bring the quality of changes to
election management to a high level. So all we need to do is to put all hands
on deck to improve further on what he has done and improve on the good practices
he has left behind. Basically, with the cooperation of all, and the support of
staff and the people of Nigeria, we should be able to do it pending when a new
Commission is put in place.
Challenges cannot be
envisaged because they come as the need arises. So we tackle them as they come-one
day at a time. And then try to sort out administrative issues then the major
electoral issues, which a lot has been put into. We just need to improve where
INEC seems to have failed or erred during the last elections.
Basically, half of the Resident
Electoral Commissioners (RECs) are on seat and half of the National Commissioners
are on seat; so we will deliver the best we can until a new Commission is put
in place.
We will continue working
until a new Commission is constituted. The job will continue; we still have the
Secretary, the Directors and the Commissioners. The Commission will be doing
what it needs to do.
ABOUT AMINA BALA ZAKARI
Amina Bala Zakari, a Pharmacist by profession hails from Jigawa
State. She completed her Secondary Education from the prestigious Queens
College Yaba, Lagos. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.sc) Degree in
Pharmacy with Second Class Upper (Best Graduating Student) in 1980 from the
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
Policy/Strategic Development and General Administration and Management
in Health and Social Sector. Development and Design of monitoring tools, monitoring
forms, data analysis. Program/project management and tracking. Drug &
Supply Management (Procurement, Quality Assurance, Inventory Management,
Monitoring and Evaluation, Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting).
EDUCATION
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU)
1976-1980
B.Sc Pharmacy (Second Class Upper)
International Drug Agency 1997
MSH Amsterdam, Netherlands
Managing Drug Supply for Primary Health Care
Harvard Business School (HBS), Cambridge Massachusetts. 2007
General Management Program, (GMP 1) Executive Education in Business and
Management for middle managers.
Queen’s College, Yaba Lagos (Sec. Cert-WAEC) 1976
Shekara Girl’s Primary School (Pri. Cert-NCE) 1971
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Member Nigerian Institute of Management
Registered Pharmacist, Member Pharmacist’s Society of Nigeria
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Federal Capital Territory Administration
Secretary Social Development 2006-2007
Acting Secretary, Agriculture and Rural Development 2006-2007
· Responsible
for Policy formulation, general management, monitoring, supervision in the 2
sectors which includes social welfare, sports, culture and tourism. Re- organized the two sectors to achieve
optimum performance by re-assigning and recruiting staff to fill observed gaps.
Federal Capital Territory Administration
Secretary Health and Human Services 2004-2006
· Revitalized
an existing Drug Revolving Fund scheme in 14 hospitals, raising the fund from
80million Naira to 300million Naira. Set-up operating theaters in 5 rural hospitals
towards an improved maternal/child health. Supervised the development of blue
prints for Health Insurance Scheme, Psychiatric care and Public/private
partnership in the territory.
· Responsible
for Policy formulation, management, monitoring, supervision of health and human
services which covers public health, HIV/AIDS, hospital services, drugs
services and other complementary services.
Afri-Projects Consortium, APC Plaza, Off IBB Way Wuse Zone 4 Abuja
Head of Health and Social Sector 1999-2001
Acting Head of Sector 1998-1999
Senior Consultant/Chief Pharmacist 1997-2001
· Supervised
8 Project Staff and 30 Zonal Consultancy Firms to manage, monitor and supervise
Health Projects nationwide funded by a Government Agency-The Petroleum {Special}
Trust Fund (now Defunct). Projects included a Drug Revolving Fund Scheme,
Bamako Initiative Program, Hospitals Rehabilitation, and Capacity Building for
Government Agencies like NAFDAC, NPHCDA, NASCP and NIPRD
· Developed
protocols, guidelines and contract documentation for project implementation,
particularly responsible for Drug
Revolving Fund Scheme and Bamako Initiative Program
· As the
head of Sector between 1999 and 2001, Coordinated the development of health
sector proposals in line with new organizational focus after funding stopped
with the advent of civilian regime.
Consolidated Health Services, Abakpa Kaduna
Chief Pharmacist/Consultant 1996
-1997
· Supervised
a staff of 14 State-based Pharmacists to monitor Health programs funded by the
government Agency –Petroleum Trust Fund in 7 states of the Northwestern Zone.
· Collated
data generated reports from the zone and transmitted same to Afri–Projects
Consortium (Coordinating Firm).
· Administrative
Duties.
CVS Pharmacy Hartsdale New York, USA
Intern Pharmacist 1993-1994
· Assisted
Supervising Pharmacist to Fill Prescriptions, Customer related services in an
effort to secure New York State License to Practice Pharmacy.
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna
Senior Pharmacist 1984-1987
· Supervised
a staff of 6 Intern Pharmacists and 13 Pharmacy Technicians in Inventory
Management, inpatient/outpatient dispensing, patient counseling
Sokoto University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH)
· Pharmacist
I 1983-1984
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital
(ATBU) Clinic
·
Pharmacist II (NYSC) 1981-1982
Kano State Health Management Board
·
Pharmacist II (Internship) 1980-1981
CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE
Organization: Songhai Medical Centre
Role: Part-Time
Consultant
Assignment: Assisted in setting up newly established clinic including general
administrative set-up and consultancy contract management on part-time basis.
Organization: Accessible Managed Care Ltd/ Complete Manage
care Ltd 2008
Role:
Consultant
Assignment:
Development of Documents (Health Plan, Business plan action plan, operational
manual) as perquisites towards accreditation at HMO’s by NHIS (Nigerian Health
Insurances Scheme.
Founding organization: Accessible
Managed Care Ltd/ Complete Managed care Ltd
Organization: Millennium Development Goals Office 2008
Financing Organization: SPARC/DFID
(Department for International Development
Role: Consultant
Assignment: Worked in a group with six
other consultants and 6 MDG office staff over a period of 20days to develop
guidelines for States project implementation of the 2008 Conditional grants
Scheme (CGS); developed materials for conduct of a 2-day workshop for key
officers responsible for MDG implementation in participating states; fine-tuned
data base of project location sites for
ease of monitoring by the OSSAP/MDG.
Organization: Millennium
Development Goals Office 2008
Financing Organization: PAK/DFID
(Department for International Development
Role: Consultant
Assignment: Worked in a group with five
other consultants and 6 MDG office staff over a period of 21days to evaluate
and analyze State proposals and make recommendations for project funding under
the 2008 Conditional Grants Scheme (CGS) as additional spend by states towards
achieving critical areas identified by the MDG office. As a group, we
determined-using qualitative and quantitative criteria-capacity of states to
utilize grant funds as submitted in their Proposals.
Organization: Complete Medicare Limited and Accessible
Managed Care Limited 2008
Financing Organization: Complete
Medicare Limited and Accessible Managed Care Limited
Role: Consultant
Assignment: Assisted in simultaneously
developing accreditation documents (Operational manual, Healthcare Policy
Manual, Staff Manual, Enrollee handbook, Provider handbook, Business Plan,
Action Plan) for the take-off of the two companies as Health Management
Organizations.
Organization: Songhai Medical Centre Limited 2008
Financing Organization: Songhai
Health Centre Limited
Role: Lead
Consultant/ Project Manager
Assignment: Determined access to emergency
care and the prevalence of diseases conditions requiring intensive care in
secondary facilities in 9 states and FCT (Bauchi, Plateau, Benue, Kaduna, Kano,
Jigawa, Niger, Kwara and Kogi). Data was generated, collated (including data
from 4 tertiary institutions) and further analyzed for further input into a
feasibility report towards establishment of an Emergency Medical Care Centre.
Organization: SOS Villages, Nigeria 2008
Financing Organization: SOS
international
Role:
National Consultant
· Assignment: Determined level of Child Rights
implementation/violation in Nigeria. The assignment covered six states and FCT
(Rivers, Imo, Lagos, Oyo, Bauchi, Sokoto), representing the six geopolitical
zones. A research was conducted through interviews and focus group discussions
with respondents drawn from community groups, government care givers and street
children in 5 communities of each state visited.
Organization: National
Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) 2004
Financing Organization: Partnership for Transforming Health Services
(PATHS /Department for International Development (DFID)
Role:
National Consultant
Assignment: Developed a
Strategic Framework for PATHS collaboration with National Agency for Food, Drug
Administration Control (NAFDAC) on consumer awareness to rational drug use/self
medication etc. Determined how NAFDAC could improve publicity and consumer
awareness, while mapping out other likely areas of collaboration. Worked as a
team of three with an International Consultant,
Organization: Federation of Muslim Women’s Organization
(FOMWAN) 2003
Financing Organization: National
Action Committee on AIDS (NACA)
Role:
Project Coordinator for FCT
Assignment:
· Organized
Training Workshops with Community religious leaders to formulate effective
methods to involve religion in combating the plague.
· Developed Islamic IEC materials for Audio and Visual
Media, Pamphlets and other productions.
Organization: National Primary
Healthcare Development Agency 2003
Financing Organization: National Primary Healthcare Development
Agency (NPHCDA) and Federal Government of Nigeria
Role:
Project Director
Assignment:
· Developed
monitoring tools, checklists and guidelines for assessing the quantity and
quality of drugs and consumable items supplied to 103 health centers in 19 northern
states of the federation by indigenous manufacturing firms.
· Deployed
consultants to verify the quality and quantity of the supplied items in all 103
centers, using the designed checklist.
Organization Assisted: Yakubu Gowon Centre 2003
Financing Organization: Global
Funds GFATM (Funding Organization)
Role: Supply
Management Officer (proposed)
Assignment: Co-Developed Document for Supply Management
Procedures for Yakubu Gowon Centre in preparation for engagement as Principal
Recipeint for Global Funds for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Organization Assisted: National AIDS and STD’s Control Program
(NASCP), Federal Ministry of Health
2002
Financing Organization: UNAIDS
and NACA
Role: Consultant
Assignment:
· Assisted
Desk Officers on proposal writing, Designed logistics and developed guidelines
for the distribution and dispensing of Anti Retro Viral (ARV) drugs for the
Protection of Mother To Child Transmission program (PMTCT)
· Assisted
in analysis of reports for the National pilot ARV program
· Member/Secretary, Sub-committee for
Development of National Code for ARV marketing.
ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY
SERVICE
· Chairman,
Abuja Tourism Board
· Chairman
Abuja Enterprise Agency
· Chairman
NYSC Governing Board
· Member
Abuja Children’s Home Management Committee
· Member,
Governing Council, Development in Action (an NGO)
· Member
Funtaj Int. School Social Committee
· Treasurer
PSN Kaduna Branch
· Treasurer
PANS ABU Branch
· Participated
in/organized various conferences and workshops in the health sector.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Excel, Word, PowerPoint
BIODATA
Name: Amina Zakari Nee Husaini Adamu
Status: Widow, mother of 5 Children
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