Kabir Kabo Usman: An accomplished administrator and scholar
The late Islamic scholar and management guru, Dr Kabir Kabo Usman, has been described as an accomplished administrator and scholar by the Prime University, Abuja. The deceased was also the director-general of the International Centre for Islamic Culture and Education (ICICE), custodians of Al-Noor Mosque, Wuse II, Abuja, and former director-general of the Centre for […]
Kabir Kabo Usman
The late Islamic scholar and management guru, Dr Kabir Kabo Usman, has been described as an accomplished administrator and scholar by the Prime University, Abuja.
The deceased was also the director-general of the International Centre for Islamic Culture and Education (ICICE), custodians of Al-Noor Mosque, Wuse II, Abuja, and former director-general of the Centre for Management Development (CMD), a parastatal under the Ministry of National Planning, from 2010 to 2018.
The institution further explained that Dr Usman had over three decades of public service experience in the United Kingdom and Nigeria. He was the assistant principal for Access and Higher Education at The Manchester College in the United Kingdom, a tertiary institution with over 60,000 students and an income of more than 200 million pounds.
From 2010 to 2018, he served as director-general and chief executive officer at the Nigerian Centre for Management Development in Abuja. The centre is responsible for the accreditation and licencing of management consultants (CMD) and institutes in Nigeria. From CMD, he joined the International Centre for Islamic Culture and Education Abuja as director-general.
In 2008, he served as technical adviser to the minister of national planning on social sector strategy, coordination of Vision 20-2020, presidential advisor to former President Yar’adua on the implementation of his seven-point agenda.
Dr Usman was also a consultant to the European Union on Strategy and Policy Coordination involving Vision 20:2020, and National M&E Framework, besides the National Implementation Plan for Nigeria. From 2008 to 2009, he also served as technical adviser to the minister of education.
Dr Usman had a foundation degree in Chemistry from Bayero University, Kano and a masters and PhD in Chemical Technology (with concentrations in Petroleum Chemistry and Hydrocarbon) from Manchester University, United Kingdom. He presented and published various scholarly papers on different areas. He is also an author of four books
He was a founding member of the Nigerian Muslim Forum in UK and Ireland and served as the financial secretary for three years and an amir for five years. He also received recognitions from professional bodies and institutions, including Director-General of the Year (2013) by Public Notice International Magazine, Fellow, African Business School (FABS), Fellow, Chartered Institute of Administration (FCIA), Fellow, National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (FNIMN) and Fellow, National Institute of Planners (FNIP).