Amina Umar Galadima joined Yobe Investment Company, Damaturu in 2019 as Deputy General Manager Investments and rose to the rank of General Manager Investment in 2013.
Upon the establishment of an Interim Management Committee for the Investment Company in 2016, Hajiya Amina was appointed Acting Head of Investments & Capital Market and is saddled with the responsibility of identifying, appraising and packaging Investment Opportunities and Proposals both for clients, the company as well as the Yobe State Government. She has training in Commodity Trading and Warehouse Receipt Financing.
Amina was a University Teacher at the University of Maiduguri between 1986 and 1989, and joined the Banking Industry and gained 15years experience in Credit Administration and Branch Management with strong financial and marketing skills. Amina gained experience in pro-poor policy development, gender mainstreaming both at the State and National levels having worked on Women’s Rights in Northern Nigeria and Empowerment projects with Government and CSOs in Kano between 2005 and 2008. She has a short learning curve and her versatility has enabled her to work on DFID funded Security, Justice and Growth Programme which was a robust multi-component programme. Amina has attended several courses, seminars, workshops in Banking, Corporate Finance, Credit Administration, Transport Policy Planning and Management, Commodity Trading, Advanced Excel Package Project Appraisal, Terms of Reference (ToR) and Budgets, Contracting, and is Computer application savvy among others.