FG appoints A. S. K. Tanimu as PTI Registrar

The Federal Government has appointed Abubakar S. K. Tanimu as the Registrar and Secretary to the Governing Council of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurum, Delta State.

 

 A release from the PTI management stated that the appointment, which took effect from October 13, 2016, is for a period of four years. Until his appointment, Tanimu was a Deputy Director, Human Resources Department of the Institute. 

 

The new PTI Registrar holds a Bachelor’s degree in History/Political Science from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State in 1981, and professional certificates in Administration from the Royal Institute in Public Administration, (RIPA), London and Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.

 

 Prior to joining the employ of the PTI, Tanimu was a frontline journalist for 10 years. Between 1982 and 1986, he was a Sub-editor at Triumph Newspapers in Sokoto and Kaduna States, and from 1986-1989, was Editor, Gongola Community Concord newspaper. Also, he was a Zonal Editor of the Concord group of newspapers. He was Features Editor in Democrat newspaper between 1990 and 1992. He attained the apogee of his career as Acting Director, News and Current Affairs, Kaduna State Media Corporation (radio, television and newspaper) from 1992-1998.