OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Aisha Garba, a Senior Education Specialist with the World Bank, brings more than 24 years of experience driving impactful programmes in education for human and economic development, working in Nigeria, Ghana, Somalia, Kenya, the USA, and the United Kingdom.
With over 15 years of hands-on experience at the World Bank, Garba has consistently led end-to-end design and management of education programmes and reforms, from conceptualisation to completion and impact assessment.
Besides being actively interested in and involved in human development issues, the development specialist will share her rich network with governments, development partners, and communities, as well as the skills she acquired working in fragile, conflict, and violent settings to deliver sustainable solutions in basic education.
Aisha had previously worked on the team that met the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets in Nigeria and consulted for the World Bank, Department for International Development, BOND-UK, Regent Foundation, and Muslim Aid Organization.
She is an alumna of Petra American University in Jordan, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts combined degree in English and Computer Studies in 2000. She later got a Master’s in International Development at the University of Birmingham in the UK in 2007
INTRODUCTION
The Executive Secretary is the Chief Executive Officer who manages the general administration of the Commission and works closely with the Board and Management to achieve the overall mandate of the UBE programme in Nigeria. He reports to the Honourable Minister of Education. He is assisted by two Deputy Executive Secretaries (Technical and Services) who support him in carrying out the duties of the Office.
FUNCTIONS
Among others, the Office of the Executive Secretary carries out the following responsibilities:
- formulating and coordinating the execution of policy guidelines for the successful operation of the UBE Programme nationwide;
- ensuring the timely receipt of block grant from the Federal Government and allocating same to States, and other related agencies implementing the UBE Programme in accordance with an approved formula;
- advising the Federal Government, through the Honourable Minister of Education, on the effective funding and orderly development of basic education in Nigeria;
- ensuring efficient collation and preparation of periodic master plans for a balanced and coordinated development of basic education in Nigeria;
- ensuring effective monitoring of Federal Government inputs into the implementation of basic education;
- presenting periodic progress reports on the implementation of the UBE Programme to Mr. President through the Honourable Minister of Education
- liaising with the Honourable Minister of Education on matters of implementation, funding and general management of the UBE Programme;
- liaising with the Presidency and National Assembly from time to time on the funding and implementation of the programme;
- sustaining cordial relationship and cooperation with SUBEBs, State Governments and other stakeholders; and
- pursuing enrolment campaigns and other programme meant to achieve UBE set objectives and goals.
STRUCTURE
Below are the Units directly under the Office of the Executive Secretary.
- Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary (Technical).
- Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary (Services).
- Legal Unit.
- Procurement Unit.
- Public Relations & Protocol Unit.
- Servicom; and
- Special Projects Unit (World Bank).
