THE MAN SHUAIBU ABUBAKAR AUDU.

By Helen Udoh, Outlook Media ABUJA.

Let’s meet the Honorable Minister for Steel Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu.

A man of excellence who has satisfactorily carved a niche for himself across humanized societies. A widely accepted visionista and a solutionist. Shuaibu Abubakar Audu is appointed a Minister today as a justification for the parlance, “A square peg in a square hole”, a global expert in Corporate Finance and Investment Management.

Let’s assume that you have never read about the man, Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, this piece of mirror is specifically for you. Have you ever read about a public figure and regretted you wasted the time? Audu’s bio is worth the read. The man of the moment
Shuaibu Abubakar Audu is a humanizing factor that every society dreams to have. His wealth of dexterity in service delivery is just second to none.

Shuaibu Abubakar Audu hails from Kogi State. Little wonder they say that an apple does not fall far away from the tree. The crème de la crème is a biological son to the former civilian Governor of Kogi State, Abubakar Audu. His father was an astute Banker and he has also carved a niche for himself in the public service sector.

The nation’s iron and steel industry is projected to reduce demands for foreign currency in the importation of steel products courtesy of his industrial dexterity.

Prince Audu in his 20 years in the private sector has made a landmark legacy with unbeatable wealth of knowledge drawn from Oxford University and several other institutions of higher learning across the globe.

As an international icon in both private and public sector, Prince Audu has become the sensation to the younger generation and a lamplight to his contemporaries.

In 2001 Prince Audu has already obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Economics with a second-class upper from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. He further bagged his master’s degree in International Securities, Investment & Banking (ISIB) from the Henley Business School, University of Reading.

Prince Audu started his 2-decade old career in corporate and investment banking with Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc in 2003 in the Global Market treasury division under assets and pension funds management department. The industrial shark in 2005 had already become the Head, Investment Management of Stanbic IBTC Pensions when the Pension Reform Act was signed into law by former president Olusegun Obasanjo.

Prince Audu’s wealth of experience triggered the establishment’s initiative to setting up Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited which is currently the largest pension funds administrator in Nigeria. Between 2008 and 2013 Prince Audu had already been promoted as the Divisional Head, Investment Management.

As a Asset Manager for Stanbic IBTC, he kept ascending the promotional rungs of the company’s managerial ladder and became the Executive Director from 2013-2023. As a mark of honour for all his contributions, the Board also named him the Chief Executive Officer -CEO of the venture capital, Stanbic IBTC Investments Ltd, the office he held until he publicly declared his aspiration to become the Chief Executive of Kogi State under the umbrella of All Progressives Congress -APC.

The Banking cum Investment Guru kept growing career-wise leaving his indelible footprints in several financial establishments across the globe including, Credit Suisse’s Global Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland and Bank of New York Mellon in Boston.

Prince Audu’s wealth of experience in the sector having traverse the books and crannies of the world has informed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s plan to diversify the economy, raise the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and also create jobs for the citizenry by placing the Ministry For Steel Development under his stewardship with the solutions at his fingertips.