Oando Appoints Bukar Aji as Director After Peace Deal with Mangal

By Dipo Olowookere

A day after it announced reaching a truce with one of its aggrieved shareholders, Mr Dahiru Mangal, the management of Oando Plc has announced the appointment of Mr Bukar Aji, as a Non-Executive Director of the energy company.

Mr Mangal owns 17.9 percent share capital of Oando Plc and as part of the peace deal brokered by the Emir of Kano, Mr Muhammadu Sanusi, there would be consideration for Mr Mangal to have a representation on the Board of Oando subject to the provisions of relevant regulatory guidelines.

Mr Mangal, who petitioned the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accusing Oando of gross financial misconduct, was also asked to drop his case at the regulatory agency as part of the peace accord.

A statement signed on Tuesday by the Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary of Oando Plc, Ayotola Jagun, it was disclosed that the appointment of Mr Aji was in accordance with Article 88 of the company’s articles of association, effective January 19, 2018.

A profile of the appointee showed that he was born on January 13, 1959 at Busari village in Yobe State. He attended the Government College, Maiduguri; Borno College of Basic Studies, Maiduguri and graduated from the University of Maiduguri in 1984.

Mr Aji started his civil service career in Yobe State where he held several key positions, including Chief Administrative Officer, Governor’s Office, Maiduguri (1989-1991), Principal Secretary to the Military Administrator of Yobe State (1992-1993); and Principal Secretary to the first civilian governor of Yobe State (1992-1993); and Principal Secretary to the second military Administrator of the State (1993-1995).

In year 2000, he was appointed into Federal Civil Service and served as the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics (PRS) at the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs in 1995 and was later posted to the Federal Ministry of Defence in year 2000 as Director, Personnel Management.

He also headed various Departments in the Ministry of Defence until his posting to the Office of the Secretary to the Government in 2008 as the Director, International Organizations.

In 2009, he was appointed Permanent Secretary and posted to the Ministry of Defence. He later served as Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Police Affairs (August 2009-2010) and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works (September 2011-November 2012); and Permanent Secretary, Common Serviced Office, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

Mr Aji was appointed the 17th Head of the Civil Service of the Federation on Monday, March 25, 2013 until his retirement on August 18, 2014.