A former official of the EFCC and immediate younger brother of Senator Phillip Aduda, Gabriel Aduda, has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary for the Federal Ministry of Youth & Sports Development.

Aduda, until his latest appointment was the Permanent Secretary for Political Affairs at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The immediate past Permanent Secretary for the Federal Ministry of Youth & Sports, Olusade Adesola, has been redeployed to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta. Aduda is expected to work with the Minister for Youth & Sports, Hon. Sunday Dare, for improved youth and sporting activities.

GABRIEL TANIMU ADUDA PROFILE

Family Name: Aduda

First Name: Gabriel

Date of Birth: 25th of October, 1971

Nationality: Nigerian

Civil Status: Married

State of Origin: FCT

LGA: AMAC

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Public Service:

Permanent Secretary, Political Affairs Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

Director, Civil Service Transformation: Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

Director, Economic Research and Policy Management: Federal Ministry of Finance.

Head (Assistant Director), Strategy and Re-orientation Unit: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Special Assistant: Projects Management & Monitoring (SA-PMM) to the Hon. Minister Federal Capital Territory Administration (MFCT).

Executive (Board) Member: Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

Research Officer: Ministry of Cooperation and Integration in Africa. Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR)

Research Officer. (Special projects): Federal Ministry of Science and Technology; Nigerian Building and Roads Research Institute (NBRRI)

Others:

Executive Director: Centre for Ethics and Transparency.

Associate Consultant: Design and Implementation of the DFID Justice for all Programmes (J4ALL).

Consultant: European Union Support to Reforming Institutions Programme (EUSRIP) in Nigeria.

Consultant: UNDP Mid-Year Review of its activities/interventions in Nigeria.

Project Manager. (BBCWST/INTEGRITY) Nigeria Budget Monitoring Project.

Associate Consultant: Bureau for Public Service Reforms (BPSR) on the Nigeria Public Sector Integrity Project.

Project Manager: Assessment of Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit (BMPIU).

Associate Consultant: Review of Abacha Loot, by the World Bank.

Head of Governance Research and Consulting: INTEGRITY Organisation.

Research Officer: (Special projects) Nigerian Building and Roads Research Institute (NBRRI), Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.

Programmes Officer: Institute for Human Settlement and Environment (IHSE).

TRAININGS ATTENDED

Feb 2017 – Certificate Course in “Services and Global Value Chains for Sustainable Development” Academy of Global Governance, European University Institute Florence, Italy.

Oct 2016 – Certificate Course in “Managing PPP Contracts for Value and Impact” AMETrade. London UK.

Oct 2015 – Visit Tour, German Nuclear Phase-Out & Energy Transition. Heinrich Boell Foundation Berlin, Germany.

Feb 2015 – Certificate course on “Trade Facilitation for Policy Makers” TRAPCA, Arusha, Tanzania.

Feb 2015 – Economic Research Methodology, Policy Analysis & Mgt. WAIFEM, Lagos Nig.

Oct 2014 – Executive Programme on “Sovereign Risk Transfer” Nairobi Kenya-German Cooperation (giz)

Mar 2014 – Applied Time Series Forecasting and Analysis. Alexander Brookes, UK.

April 2013 – Integrity Leadership for Africa. Strathmore University Governance Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.

Feb 2013 – Certificate in Corruption Risk Assessments. Virtual School, UNDP.

Feb 2012 – Enhanced Performance and Strategic Management. GTC, UK.

Aug 2010 – Corporate Compliance and Ethics – SCCE, Compliance and Ethics Institute, Chicago, USA

Aug 2009 – Mastering Competitive and Blue Ocean Strategy, Pan African University Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nig.

Nov 2008 – Certificate in Procurement of Goods and Services. SETYM International. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Jul 2008 – Project Management Professional & Microsoft Project 2003, Abuja

July 2006 – Certificate in Democracy and Good Governance. Marquette University, Les Aspin Centre for Government, Washington DC, USA

July 2004 – Advanced Leadership Certificate. Haggai Institute, Hawaii, USA.

Oct 2003 – Improving Governance and Economic Development in Africa. World Bank Institute, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Aug 2003 – Records Management and Governance, World Bank Institute.