Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, GCON OFR (born 7 December 1957) is a Nigerian

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and

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who was the

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of 74th session from 17 September 2019 to 15 September 2020. He previously served as vice president from September 2016. He was Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva from 2018 to 2021. From 2010 to 2016, he was the

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of the

National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Nigeria is a policy formation center for bureaucrats, private sector leaders, Army officers, and medium-rank and senior civil servants, which was founded in 1979. Most policymaker ...

Kuru, Nigeria Kuru is located on the Jos Plateau in north-central Nigeria commonly referred as the middle belt region of Nigeria. Located about 20 km to Jos on the Jos-Abuja highway in Plateau State. Kuru is a conglomerate of other small semi - develope ...

, and was the Vice Chancellor of the

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from 2004 to 2009. In January 2021, he was re-listed by President Buhari as the Permanent Representative to the

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, New York.

Early life

Muhammad-Bande was born and educated in Zagga, a town in present-day

Kebbi State Kebbi state ( ha, Jihar Kebbi; Fulfulde: Leydi Kebbi 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤫𞤦𞥆𞤭) is a state in the northwestern Nigeria, Kebbi state is bordered east and north of Sokoto and Zamfara states, and to the south by Niger state while ...

Education

He attended

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

Zaria Zaria is a metropolitan city in Nigeria which at the present time lies within four (4) local government areas in Kaduna state; it happens to be the capital city to the Zazzau Emirate Council, and one of the original seven Hausa city-states ...

where he received a bachelors degree in

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in 1979 before proceeding to

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, where he graduated with a

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in 1981. Muhammad-Bande received a Ph.D in

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from the

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in 1987.

Career

In the 1980s, he taught at the

Usman Danfodio University Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), also known as UDUSOK, is a public university, public research university located in the city of Sokoto, north western Part of Nigeria. It is one of the initial twelve universities founded in Nigeria by ...

Sokoto Sokoto is a major city located in extreme northwestern Nigeria, near the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2006 it has a population of over 427,760. Sokoto is the modern-day capital of Sokoto State and was previously the c ...

and rose to the rank of professor in 1998. Between 2000 to 2004, Bande served as the Director-General of the African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development in

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. Between 2004 and 2009, he served as Vice

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before being appointed Director-General of Nigeria's

National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru, Nigeria is a policy formation center for bureaucrats, private sector leaders, Army officers, and medium-rank and senior civil servants, which was founded in 1979. Most policymakers ...

, a position he held from 2010 to 2016.

Personal life

He is married with four children.

References

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Education

Career

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