Zamfara Gov Appoints Hajia Yaro ZIPA Executive Secretary

Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal has appointed Hajia Mariam Yaro as the new executive secretary of Zamfara State Investment Promotion Agency (ZIPA).

Hajia Yaro, who hails from Maru local government area of the state, was until her appointment, the head, Minimum Pension Guarantee Unit at the National Pension Commission, Abuja.

She also headed the SERVICOM Unit of the Corporate Responsibility & SERVICOM Department and subsequently served on the commission’s ministerial SERVICOM Unit (MSU), which ensures outstanding service delivery within the commission. She and her team won the 2018 Best Team A award. She also later headed the commission’s deceased benefits unit.

Yaro began her working career in the Administration Department of Chevron Nigeria Limited in the mid-90s. Between February 1997 and August 2001, she held the post of Public Relations Officer at the Petroleum Equalisation Fund Management Board.

She later joined the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), where she worked till April 2007 as a pioneer member of the Power Sector Reform Team (PSRT). Hajia Yaro also subsequently worked with consultants in Phase 1 – set up of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Yaro attended the London School of Business and Management in the United Kingdom for her Executive MBA and the International Institute of Journalism for a Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Public Relations and Advertising.