Management Team -

  1. PROFESSOR DAVID AWANBOR - Registrar/Chief Executive
  2. ALHAJI LAWAL BALA ISA - Director of Administration
  3. MR. IFEANYI GODWIN ELEKWA - Director of ICT
  4. MALLAM ALI AHMADU ESQ - Director of Finance & Accounts
  5. MR. JIMOH ADEWOLA KASALI - Ag, HOD Research & Quality Assurance
  6. DR. AWOTOKUN OLATUNDE AWORANTI- Director. Registrar's Office
  7. MALLAM NURUDDEEN LAWAL - Director of Examinations Development
  8. MALLAM KABIRU MOHAMMED BADAU - Director of Examination Administration

PROFESSOR DAVID AWANBOR-
(TC II, NCE, B.Sc., M.Ed, EdD(Boston University))

Professor David Awanbor was appointed Registrar/Chief Executive of National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) in July 2002

An astute administrator and academic, Prof. Awanbor was the Dean of the Faculty of Education and member of the Governing Council, University of Benin. Born on December 3, 1943 in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State, Prof. Awanbor’s educational pursuit saw him through the Government College, Ilesha (1963 – 1965); University of Lagos, College of Education (1967 – 1970); Moray House College of Education, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1973 – 1974) and Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, U. S. A. (1975 – 1980).

Prof. Awanbor’s experience in Educational Administration dates back to 1971 when he became Assistant Education Officer and rose to the position of Senior Assistant Inspector of Education in 1972. He also served as the Regional Coordinator, Massachusetts State Department of Education, Boston, USA (1979 – 80); Regional Coordinator of the Obafemi Awolowo University UNESCO Research Project on Exceptional Children in Nigeria and Coordinator, UNICEF/Federal Ministry of Education SAPA Project (1992).

Apart from having a stint with the Governing Board of NABTEB, Awanbor was the Director, Centre for Educational Technology, University of Benin and had presented papers on harnessing the nation’s technological potentials for sustainable development through the promotion of Technical and Vocational Education before the lot fell on him as the Registrar/Chief Executive of NABTEB on July 8, 2002. Barely three months after his assumption of office, he was elected the Executive Secretary of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA).

Awanbor’s experience as Chairman, Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee, University of Benin, Benin; Member, Presidential National Committee on Assets and Liabilities Sharing coupled with his status as UNESCO International Consultant and tenacity of purpose are some of the factors that will facilitate the actualization of this noble vision for NABTEB in particular and Nigeria in general.

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ALHAJI LAWAL BALA ISA
(B.Sc., MPA, MNIM)

Alhaji Lawal Bala Isa is the Director of Administration, Secretary to the Management and also Secretary to the Governing Board of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB).

Born on Wednesday, March 19, 1958, Alhaji Isa hails from Alwalu/Kudaru in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria.

He accomplished his education at the Federal Government College Warri (1976) and the School of Basic Studies, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.

Alhaji Isa bagged B.Sc (Hons) in Political Science at the Ahmadu Bello University (1980) and later proceeded to the University of Nottingham and Warwick, United Kingdom for post graduate studies in Management Techniques and Practices in Higher Education (1988) before capping it all with a Masters degree in Public Administration (MPA) at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1999.

His experience in educational administration dates back to 1981 when he was appointed as the Hall Administrator in the Students Affairs Division of the Ahamadu Bello University. Alhaji Isa’s intellectual sagacity and competence saw him through several administrative positions such as, Assistant Registrar, Senior Staff Matters Establishment Division, 1985 – 1986; Senior Assistant Registrar, Committee of Deans & Directors and Sub-Committee on Staff Development and Training, 1986 – 1989; Assistant Secretary to the Central Appointments & Promotions Committee; Senior Assistant Registrar (Head of Recruitment and Promotion of Senior and Junior Staff), 1989 – 1991 and the Principal Assistant Registrar Central Administration, 1991 – 1996.

He joined NABTEB as Deputy Director, Special Duties (1996) and became the Director of Administration and Secretary to the Governing Board (NABTEB) in January, 2000.

Alhaji Lawal Bala Isa also served in various Extra-curricula capacities and at various levels in the Ahmadu Bello University including the Students Union, University Congregation and the Trade Union as President-General of the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals Research Institutions and Allied Institutions in Nigeria as President General (1987-91).

He attended the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) Conferences in Tanzania and South Africa (2003), Botswana (2004), Uganda (2005), Swaziland (2006) and was appointed Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary of the AEAA. He was elected Chairman of the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) Edo State Branch in 2002 and has been a full member of the Nigerian Institute of Management since 2001.

Alhaji Isa is married with children.

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MR. IFEANYI GODWIN ELEKWA
(NCE, B.Sc., M.Sc., MCOAN)

Mr. I.G. Elekwa is the Director, computer Department, National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB).

He was a student at Alvan Ikoku college of Education, Owerri, where he obtained the Nigeria certificate in Education (Maths/physics) in 1974. In 1976, he proceeded to the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, from where he graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science. His quest for further education took him to Ahmadu Bello University Zaria where he obtained M.SC. (Statistics) in 1987. He further went to university of Abuja where he obtained a certificate in Computer Network Administration in 1996.

His professional career started in September 1980 as an Instructor at the Nigerian college of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria. From 1986 to 1996 he was programmer/Analyst' at Computer Department, BUK where he rose to the rank of Assistant Chief Systems Programmer/Analyst. He joined the National Mathematical Centre, Abuja in January, 1996 as Deputy Computer Systems Manager (Deputy Director) and Ag. Head of Department, Computer Laboratory. He joined NABTEB in January, 2000 as Director, Computer Department.

Mr. I.G. Elekwa is a member, Nigerian Computer society (formerly COAN). He is married with children.

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