Mohammed Abubakar Mohammed is a born leader that groomed himself to become an outstanding leader and a rising star in state of Harmony. You want to know the definition of competence, resourceful, analytical, goal getter and innovative? You find the true meaning of above highlighted leadership qualities in Mohammed Abubakar Mohammed born on 22nd September 1982 inTsaragi, Edu Local Government. Mohammed is the son of Dr. M. N Haruna (Walin ofTsaragi). A retired Director from Presidency,Abuja, former Director of DIFRRI, Kwara State and times former commissioner of works and Commerce and Industry in Kwara State. His quest for knowledge has taken him to different schools home and abroad. Mohammed attended FGC staff Nursery and Primary School between 1989 and 1995 for primary education. He proceeded to Government Secondary School(GSS) llorin where he obtained Senior Secondary Certificate in 2001. He earned a B.Tech degree in Geology from Federal University of Technology, Minna. He holds a Master of Science in Petroleum Geosciences from Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe and PhD in Development and Exploitation of oil and Gas Field at Khazar University in Europe and a Ph.D in Geology from Gideon Robert University in Zambia.TheTsaragi born politician and resource manager also obtained Masters in Business Administration from National Open University of Nigeria. The young technocrat is a trained HSE professional from Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria. He is an alumni ofYALI, USA, where he studied the following leadership courses in YALI: management strategies for people and resources, design driven entrepreneurship, fundamental of starting and running a business and Understanding human rights. The seasoned Nupe man has about 10 years working experience in construction, project management, Oil and gas, petroleum engineering and business management. He worked with National Geosciences Research Laboratory, Kaduna as an Industrial attachee where he was actively involved in mapping, geophysical surveying and Mineral analysis. He joined CCECC a construction company based in Abuja in 2009. His responsibilities at CCECC include drilling, charging, blasting of rocks among others. Mohammed passion for Petroleum engineering led him to Northwest Petroleum and Gas, Calabar where he worked as a Maintenance Engineer between 2010 and 2012. He was invited by MOS Limited, Lagos to join their workforce as Petroleum, Environmental Consultant in 2014. While at MOS Limited, he was in-charge of processing/ interpretation of seismic data and volumetric. He also worked on both core and ditch cutting samples on various well samples from Niger Delta. The Petroleum Geoscientists joined Energy and Mineral Resources, Lagos in 2015 and worked on seismic data from Taranaki Basin, New Zealand which forms part of his MSc thesis in Petroleum Geosciences. He has since then published many journals in the field of Geosciences. Currently, He is the Senior Special Assistant on Solid Minerals Development to the Executive Governor of Kwara State also Managing Director/CEO of Aimurafaty Nig Ltd, a company that focuses on Geoscience, Environmental and Business Development and also the Executive Director/Founder of Nana Aishat Mubarak Foundation Africa (NAMFA).He has empowered many youths and widows with his NGO which focused on health, education, cultural and environmental. Leadership is in-built for Mohammed because people always want him to lead them, even right from primary school. In 2000, he was President of Kwara state Secondary Schools Association of Press Clubs. He served as Chairman, Student Coalition Rebirth and vocal member of Students Union during his undergraduate days at FUT Minna. In 2017, he contested election for the chairmanship seat of Edu Local Govt, of Kwara State. He maintained and preaches peace and harmony within his followers even when four(4) of his supporters were killed by soliders at the eve of his election. He was awarded with an ambassadorial award of Emerging political leaders in Nigeria immediately after his elections. In 2019, he contested for the Gubernatorial election and came first at the Gubernatorial debate at Kwara Hotels. The trailblazer has won many leadership and entrepreneurship awards both home and abroad.The latest is African Young Entrepreneurs Empowerment Nigeria Award in 2016. Dr. Mohammed Abubakar Mohammed is a muslim and detribalized Nigerian who relates with people freely irrespective of their religion, creed and tribe. He is a master of English, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Hausa, Nupe and Yoruba languages. Cijeyu Ojong is an Economist, Chartered Accountant, Public Finance Management Expert, Policy Analyst & International Development Consultant. He currently serves the Managing Consultant & CEO of Cijeyu Ojong Consulting - a public financial management & economic policy research, management training and capacity-building consulting outfit, and President of Dorado MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY Limited. He has at different times held the positions of Senior Special Assistant on Policy and Institutional Reform to the Nigerian Minister of Finance;Technical Advisor to the defunct National Economic Management Team (NEMT); Public Financial Management Advisor & Development Policy Operations Coordinator at the Nigerian Governors' Forum Secretariat; Principal Operations Officer in the Debt Management Office (DMO) of Nigeria; and Pioneer Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) - an African economic policy think-tank. He did his National Service (NYSC) at the Central Bank of Nigeria, Benin-City Branch. He has well undertaken several consulting engagements involving national institutions and international development agencies that include the World Bank, UK DFID, EU, UNDP, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), National Planning Commission, Ministry of Justice and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), etc. His academic and professional qualifications include: Certificate in Sustainability Strategy, Leadership & Management (2013): UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL, UK. Doctoral Research Student (2006 - 2008): IDPM, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, UK. M.Sc. Economics &Financial Economics (2006): UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, UK. M.Sc. Finance (2001); B.Sc. Economics (1995): UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR. NIGERIA. Master of Business Administration - MBA (1999): UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, NIGERIA. Diploma, Computer Studies (1996): COLLEGE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA. Certificate in Risk Management (2008): UNITAR, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Chartered Public Finance Accountant (CPFA): CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE & AC COUNTANCY (CIPFA),UK. -Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA): INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF NIGERIA (ICAN) Fellow: Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC) & Certified Management Specialist with distinction in time management, London Graduate School, UK. Licensed International Financial Analyst (2006): LIFA - IRA, Cambridge, MA, USA Full Member/Professional Manager (MNIM):2005 - NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (NIM). He is a member and alumnus of several professional bodies and alumnus of: the IMF Institute;World Bank Institute; UN Institute for Training & Research (UNITAR); Centre for Central Bank Studies (CCBS) - Bank of EnglandjW/African Institute for Financial & Economic Management (WAIFEM), Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers of Nigeria (CIS) and African Security Sextor Network (ASSN), etc.