President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) has approved the renewal of the tenure of Engr. Aliyu A. Aziz the as Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC for a Second Term.
This is pursuant to the NIMC ACT that provides for two terms tenure for the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission.
In the letter of the renewal which was conveyed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr. Boss Mustapha, the President enjoins Aziz to continue with the good work he is doing and take NIMC to the Next Level in consonance with the Federal Government’s doctrine of Integrity, transparency and accountability.
The President wishes the DG/CEO a successful and eventful second tenure in office which commences on the 22nd November, 2019.
Aziz was appointed for a first term in November 23, 2015 for a period of four years. His second term ends on November 23, 2024.
Aziz was a pioneer staff of NIMC and the Director, Information Technology / National Identity Database Department of NIMC before he retired in 2014. With more than thirty years’ of post qualification experience in Engineering & Information Technology, spanning both the private and public sectors, Engr. Aziz holds a B.Eng in Civil Engineering and M.Sc in Structural Engineering with Specialty in Computer Aided Design from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.
Before he joined NIMC at inception, Engr. Aziz was the Information Technology Adviser to the Minister, Federal Capital Territory Administration, where he pioneered the implementation of the first e-government solution that won a Microsoft award in 2006. He served as the Sub-committee Technical Chairman on the Presidential Committee on Harmonisation of ICT which resulted in the formation of Galaxy Backbone. He was also a Deputy Director, Information Technology at the Bureau of Public Enterprises and the Principal Consultant, Management Information System (MIS) Department, Afri-Projects Consortium.
