Trustee

Abba is a retired Director of Reserve
Management Department in the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN). He is a first-class graduate of
Accountancy from Bayero University, Kano in
1985, qualified as Chatered Accountant (ACA) in
1990 and became Fellow of the Institute of
Chatered Accountants of Nigeria, FCA, in 2007.
Abba has worked as Clerical Officer (Audit) with
Kano State Audit Department attached to Kano
State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural
Resources between 1980 and 1981.
He is an alumnus of the National Institute for
Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos,
Nigeria and Harvard Kennedy School, Boston,
USA. During his 35 years of meritorious service to the CBN and the Nation,
Abba had made appreciable contributions in the operations of the Bank,
supervision/examination of the banking sector and the management of Nigeria’s
external (foreign exchange) reserves. He played significant role in building staff
competencies and capabilities in the Bank. 

He is professional in the areas of
investment, banking, finance and auditing. He was appointed Director of
Reserve Management in 2018, responsible for managing Nigeria’s Foreign
Exchange Reserve.
Abba has attended several courses in Nigeria and abroad including Amsterdam
Institute of Finance and New York Institute of Finance, Yale School of
Management and BOC Institute of International Finance. He has attended
international meetings like the Spring and Annual Meetings of the IMF/World
Bank Group, Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) as well as high level
seminars like the Bank of China (BOC) Belt and Road seminar for Ministers and
Central Bank Governors.
Abba is the founder of Almubarak Waqf Foundation. His motivation is seeking
the pleasure of Allah alone that is, fisabilillah and has passion for collaboration to
provide robust knowledge to humanity where learning, knowledge, skills and
jobs/employment are integrated and synchronized for raising living standards
and the dignity of our societies and the nation.