Ahmed Adamu is a Nigerian petroleum economist and lecturer. He was elected on November 12, 2013 as the first global chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC).[1] Adamu served in this post until March 2016.
Adamu represented Nigeria in international and commonwealth youth programmes, and was the pioneer chief whip of the Nigerian Youth Parliament.[2][3] Adamu is a petroleum economist, university lecturer, author, and motivational speaker. He is a leadership and personal development expert, and has trained professionals and young people in leadership and personal development, he is also a certified brain coach.[4][5][6][7][8] Adamu wrote and published a book on leadership and personal development.[9] In late 2018, he was appointed as special assistant on youth and strategy to former Nigerian Vice President and 2019 PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.[10][11][12] He contested the seat for Katsina Central in the federal house of representatives, in the 2018 PDP primary election, but lost.[13]
He was an international expert at United Nation's Global Forum on Youth Policies and a member of the Policy Strategy Group, the United Nations' World We Want, the International Panel of Judges for Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition, the International Youth Task force for 2014 World Conference on Youth, and the Advisory group panel on 50th Anniversary of the Commonwealth Secretariat. He was the Nigerian youth observer at the ECOWAS parliament, and the founder and pioneer president of the League for Democratic Youth. Adamu was also a member of the Katsina state executive council committee on youth development, he served as the secretary of the Nigerian constitutional review consultation committee, and was the founder and president of Oil and Gas scholars club. He was the founder and president of Katsina Debate Club, publicity secretary of Civil Liberties organization, Katsina branch, Secretary of Integrity club, Financial Secretary of Students Union Government at Bayero University Kano and Acting National President of National Association of Katsina State Students, National Body, among many other past leadership responsibilities and experiences.[14][15][16]
Adamu holds PhD in Petroleum Economics from Newcastle University, United Kingdom;[17] He is a University Lecturer, also a member of international and national professional organizations. He published and presented many international and national academic papers, and participated in several international and national academic conferences. He published a book titled "Comparative Assessment of Petroleum Sharing Contracts in Nigeria".[18]
He received the awards for 2015 African Youth Awards' Young Personality of the year,[19] African Achievers Award Honour,[20] Inspirational Nigerian in Those Who Inspire (Nigeria), Commonwealth Outstanding Service Award, Global Achievers Award and many other international and national awards of excellence. He was named among 100 most influential young Africans for 2016.[21][22] He was also ranked among the top 20 most influential young Nigerians in the list of 2016 100 most influential young Nigerians by Advance Media Africa.[23] He has a son and a wife.[24][25]
Education and career experience
Adamu attended Rafindadi primary school from the age of 4, followed by Sir Usman Nagoggo College of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Katsina for his Junior Secondary School Education. He then went to Government Commercial College Mai'adua in Katsina State for his Senior Secondary School Education. He finished his senior secondary education in 2001, and enrolled at Bayero University, Kano, where he studied Economics Education. After finishing his first degree in 2006, he went to the University of Dundee, UK in 2010 for his one-year master's degree in Oil and Gas (MSc Oil and Gas Economics). In 2012, he went back to the UK for his PhD programme in Newcastle University.[26] He finished his PhD in December 2015.
Adamu's first job was his one-year compulsory youth service with National Inland Waterways Authority, Lokoja, Kogi State from 2007 to 2008. He then taught Economics at Government Senior Secondary School, Kambara, Katsina. In 2011, he was recruited as a university lecturer in the Economics Department of Umaru Musa Yar'adua University, Katsina. He is still a lecturer with the university.[citation needed]
Chairperson, Commonwealth Youth Council
Adamu became the first person elected as the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC). He was elected on 12 November 2013 in Hambantota, Sri Lanka during the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. He competed alongside other youth candidates from Europe and Africa, because the Position of the Chairperson was then zoned to Europe and Africa.[citation needed]
Other leadership experience
Upon joining the [University], Adamu became actively involved in student union politics, and eventually elected as the [Financial Secretary] of the Student Union Government at Bayero University [Kano]. He was later elected as the acting National Chairman of the National Association of Katsina State Student. He contested as the Financial Secretary of National Association of Nigerian Students Zone A. He later founded the League for Democratic Youth, which promotes and advocates for good governance and active youth participation in governance and politics. He also founded Oil and Gas Scholars Club and Katsina Debate Club.[citation needed]
Because of his contribution to youth development in his state, he was nominated to represent the young people of Katsina state at the Nigerian Youth Parliament, where he was elected as the pioneer chief whip of the Parliament after contesting and winning the election of the deputy speaker of the parliament twice without having the two-thirds majority of the votes, which led to the third round election, where he lost it. However, as the chief whip of the parliament, he was able to play significant role in setting the credible foundation of the parliament under the leadership of Hon Onofiok Luke.[citation needed]
His outstanding service at the Nigerian Youth Parliament was appreciated by the Nigerian government and he was subsequently selected to represent the Nigerian Youth at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Forum, which took place in Perth, Australia. This was his first official engagement with the Commonwealth and it was at this meeting that Adamu first met with Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom, and afterwards, he would meet her on several other occasions. Being in Australia, he established contacts with the youth leaders across the Commonwealth, the contacts he would later use for his campaign as the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council. It was at Australia's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, that the heads of government and the young people approved the establishment of the Commonwealth Youth Council, and giving way for the preparation for the first Commonwealth Youth Council's General Assembly and election, which was to hold two years after.[citation needed]
The election of the CYC took place in Sri Lanka during the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, where Adamu emerged as the winner with a landslide defeating other youth contestants from Europe and Africa, as the position was zoned to Europe and Africa, and it is going to be rotated across other continents. Being in this position, Adamu had opportunities of participating in many global youth events and travelling across the world.[citation needed]
He was later appointed into many leadership positions, which include but not limited to the followings: International expert at United Nation's Global Forum on Youth Policies; Member, Policy Strategy Group, United Nations' World We Want; Member, International Panel of Judges for Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition; Observer member, International Youth Task force for 2014 World Conference on Youth; Member, Advisory group panel on 50th Anniversary of the Commonwealth Secretariat. He was also the Nigerian youth observer at the ECOWAS parliament, and the founder and pioneer president of the League for Democratic Youth. Adamu was a member of the Katsina state executive council committee on youth development, he also served as the secretary of the Nigerian constitutional review consultation committee, and was the founder and president of Oil and Gas scholars club. He is the founder and president of Katsina Debate Club, publicity secretary of Civil Liberties organization, Katsina branch, Secretary of Integrity club, among so many other past leadership responsibilities and experiences.[14][15][16]
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↑ Ahmed Adamu (2012). Comparative Assessment of Petroleum Sharing Contracts in Nigeria: With special reference to the new Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), and comparison with Indonesian existing PSCs. ISBN978-3-659-21381-6.
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