1st November, 2021
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has appointed Bala Isa as executive secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board.
The appointment was announced on Monday morning by Governor Zulum’s Special Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau in a statement.
The 50-year old Bala Isa hails from Bayo local government area.
Until his appointment, he was a lecturer at Borno State University.
He had been a principal lecturer at Kashim Ibrahim College of Education, Maiduguri, a teacher for ten years, and later examination officer at A.K Benisheikh Staff Model School.
Bala Isa, currently rounding up his PhD at the University of Maiduguri, holds M.Sc in Inorganic Chemistry, and B.Sc in Chemistry.
He obtained the two degrees from University of Maiduguri.
He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from Kashim Ibrahim College of Education, after secondary education at Government Senior Science Secondary School, Biu, and Government Secondary School, Kwaya Kusar.
Gusau also said that the new E.S has 10 science-based academic publications, as well as seminar papers to his credit, and he is a member of Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria, and Chemical Society of Nigeria.
Governor Zulum has congratulated the new E.S and is looking forward to his overriding commitment and fairness in managing the scholarship board.