President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Habiba Muda Lawal, Ex-Permanent Secretary, Ecological Project Office (EPO) as Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination.
Before her new appointment, Dr Lawal had successfully supervised a team that ensured management, identification, planning and execution of projects to mitigate serious ecological challenges across the country prior to her retirement.
The former permanent Secretary attended Ahmadu Bello University Zaria from 1982 to 1986 where she obtained a B.Sc. Chemistry.
She won the Nigerian Tobacco Company Prize for the Best Year II Student 1984/1985, the Imperial Chemical Industries Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Chemistry (Second Class Upper) and the Imperial Chemical Industries Prize for the Best Graduating Project 1985/1986.
In 1991, she obtained a Master’s Degree in Inorganic Chemistry from ABU, Zaria and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi (1997).
Also, she holds Certificate in Professional and Personal Competence in Women’s Development from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, Britain.
Similarly, Dr Lawal had served as Acting Secretary to the Government of the Federation, 19th April 2017 to 30th October, 2017.