Abubakar Sani Sambo Officer of the Order of the Niger, OON (Born 31 July 1955) is a Nigerian Mechanical engineer, incumbent Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN)^[1], Vice Chairman of World Energy Council (WEC), Africa Region and former Vice-Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Nigeria^[2][3].

Life and career

He was born on 31 July, 1955 in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. He obtained a Bachelor of science (B.sc) degree in Mechanical engineering from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979 with a first class honour^[4]. In 1983, he bagged a Doctorate degree, Ph.D in Mechanical engineering from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom^[5]. After he received his Ph.D, he returned to Nigeria to joined the services of Bayero University, Kano where he rose to the position of a Senior Lecturer in 1989 and was appointed a Professor in Energy Studied at the same University^[6]. He was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in 1995 and served in this capacity for two terms (1995-2004)^[7]. He is the incumbent Director-General and Chief Executive of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) and Vice Chairman of the World Energy Council (WEC), Africa Region since November 2007^[8].

Awards

• Officer of the Order of the Niger, OON

Fellowships and membership

• Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering
• Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers
• Member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)
• International Solar Energy Society (ISES) (1986)
• International Energy Foundation (IEF)(1990)
• Member of the World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) (1992).
• Member of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria
• Member of the Nigerian Academy of Science