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DR MUHEEBA F. DANKAKA NPOM, OON.

Dr Muheeba Farida Dankaka OON, is the Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC)

She was appointed as the Chairman of the FCC by President Muhammmadu Buhari in April 2020 and was confirmed by the Senate in June, 2020.

Dankaka was born in Sabon Gari Zaria, in the old Northern Nigeria. She started her her early education at the LEA Primary School, Sabon Gari Zaria, Kaduna State, then to St. Claires Grammar School, Offa, Kwara State where she passed the West African School Certificate Examination (WASCE).

Her tertiary education started from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where she bagged a diploma in Insurance (1981). She proceeded to Bayero University Kano to pursue a Degree program in Business Administration which she successfully completed in 1986 with a B.Sc. Degree from the Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Bayero University Kano.

She returned to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1988 to pursue a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, which she successfully completed in 1989.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Dr. Dankaka started her working career with a stint at the Unic Insurance Plc, Kano before venturing into the banking sector with Continental Merchant Bank (Formerly Chase Merchant Bank) at the Bank’s Kano Branch with a successful attendance of the Chase Merchant Bank 6-months intensive Corporate Banking Course in Lagos State.

Dr. Dankaka entrepreneurial zeal and business acumen propelled her venturing into active business with the setting up of the Farida Business Ventures and with her doggedness as an astute entrepreneur, she grew steadily into becoming the biggest national distributor of Dangote Group Products, receiving several awards and recognitions. Dr Dankaka is also the founder of Ijehu Oil Nigeria Limited, Danfa Rice Mill, Kaduna State and Heeba Airline. Her successes in business thrust her to hold several positions of Authority, Influence and Control, amongst which are, Chairman Kaduna State Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture. (KADCCIMMA)

Dr. Dankaka holds the traditional royal title of Kings mother, she is also a recipient of several national awards, prominent amongst which is the National Honor of the Order of the Niger (OON) IN 2012, Honorary Award of the Doctor of Philosophy by the Pacific Western University, USA and the National Productivity Order of Merit Award (NPOM).

Dr. Dankaka is an accomplished Investment Banker, Business Magnate, Philanthropist, Traditional Title Holder and now a Public Servant upon her appointment and inauguration in July 2020 as the Executive Chairman, Federal Character Commission.