HEAD OF MISSION PROFILE

PROFILE OF H.E. AMB. HAJARA I. SALIM

Her Excellency, Ambassador Hajara Ibrahim Salim, the High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Malaysia with concurrent accreditation to Brunei, arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 22nd May 2021 to assume duty as the principal representative of Muhammadu Buhari, the President, Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Ambassador Hajara I. Salim, an astute Administrator, Politician, and Philanthropist is an embodiment of knowledge and experiences. She holds a Doctorate degree in Management from St Clements University, a Master’s degree in public administration from the University of Jos, Nigeria, and a Bachelor’s Degree from the prestigious University College, Cardiff, United Kingdom. Her educational credentials include certificates of several Executive Training Programs from some of the World’s renowned Institutions such as Executive Education (Women and Power) from Harvard University, Senior Administrative Course from the House of Commons, London, and RIPA Leadership Skills Course, United Kingdom to mention a few.

Ambassador Hajara I. Salim started gathering her wealth of experience from 1980 to 1989, as a lecturer at the Staff Development Centre Azare in Bauchi State, Nigeria. She moved to the Bauchi State House of Assembly in 1990 to 1993 as the Clerk of Committees and subsequently, Acting Clerk of Bauchi State House of Assembly. In 1994, She became the Secretary (Logistics) at the Constitutional Conference in Abuja, Nigeria, a position she held up until 1996. At the creation of Gombe State, she was called upon from the National Assembly, Abuja to be the pioneer Clerk of the Gombe State House of Assembly. However, there was a transitional period during which, she was assigned the first female Chairman, Gombe Local Government Area. In the year 2000, she returned to the National Assembly where she retired as a Director, in 2014.