The ministerial nominee, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami was born on October
20, 1972 in Pantami area of Gombe Division of the defunct Northeastern
State to late Malama Amina Umar Aliyu and Malam Ali Ibrahim Pantami.
He started his education in the traditional Islamic School for
memorizing the Qur’an, called ‘Tsangaya School.’ He later joined Pantami
Primary School where he got his Primary School Certificate and also
obtained his Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) from
Government Science Secondary School, Gombe.
He proceeded to
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, University (ATBU), Bauchi and bagged a Bachelor
of Technology degree in Computer Science in 2003 and a Masters degree in
2008, before obtaining a PhD from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen,
Scotland.
Sheikh Isa Ali Pantami, as he is popularly called,
began his career at ATBU, Bauchi where he taught Information Technology
before joining the Islamic University of Madinah as Head of Technical
Writing in 2014.
In 2016, he left lecturing after he was
appointed as the Director General/CEO of the National Information
Technology Development Agency (NITDA) by President Muhammadu Buhari on
September 26, 2016. Dr Pantami is a fellow of both British Computer
Society (FBCS) and Nigeria Computer Society (FNCS) in addition to many
fellowships to his credit.
He is also an Islamic scholar and
has been leading the Juma’ah prayer for over 20 years in Nigeria and
the United Kingdom. He serves as a member of Shari’ah Board of Jaiz
Bank. He is also a Shurah member and Deputy Secretary General of the
Supreme Council for Shari’ah (SCS) in Nigeria. In 2008, he debated with
the founder and leader of Boko Haram, late Mohammed Yusuf, on the Boko
Haram ideology and Salafism
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