By Gregory Mmaduakolam
Abuja – Premium Pension Limited has ratified the appointment of Mr Yunusa Yakubu as the Chairman of its Board of Directors.
A statement by Paddy Ezeala, its Head Corporate Communications, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday.
The statement said that until his new appointment, Yakubu was the Chairman of the Board’s Committee on Strategic Growth.
Yakubu took over from the outgone Chairman of the Board, Mr Aliyu Abdulrahman Dikko.
“A successful businessman, versatile consultant and an architect, Yunusa Yakubu
obtained a B.Sc. in Architecture in 1984 from Ahmadu Bello University and followed up with a M.Sc.in the same subject at the same university in 1986.”
Yakubu started his career with the Ministry of Works and Housing in Bauchi State in 1987.
While there, he worked on the designs and supervised buildings which included local government secretariats, political party offices and the state liaison office in Abuja.
In 1993, he moved to the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory as Project Coordinator in the Maintenance Department.
From there, he left to join the private sector and established Globarch Associated as managing consultant in 1995.
Yunusa served on the board of Suntrust Savings and Loans as a director and he was appointed by the Federal Government as a member of the Governing Council of Abubakar Tafawa University in Bauchi.