Aminu Maida Biography: Early Life and Career

Aminu Maida is the CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the primary regulator of Nigeria’s telecommunications industry. He was nominated by Bola Tinubu on October 11, 2023, and confirmed by the Nigerian Senate on November 16, 2023. As CEO, he is also the NCC Board’s Executive Vice Chairman.

Maida comes from Nigeria’s Katsina State and graduated from Imperial College London with an MSc in Systems Engineering, followed by a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath.

Aminu Maida Biography and Career

He began his career as a Systems Engineer at Ubiquisys, which is now owned by Cisco, and later worked as a consultant for EE, a British Telecom Group affiliate. He was previously the Executive Director, Technology & Operations at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) before becoming the NCC’s leader. While at NIBSS, he handled Nigeria’s entire payment infrastructure.

Maida recently conducted a public inquiry into regulatory instruments for Nigeria’s communications business in order to foster an accessible and competitive telecoms industry, and he has been recognized for driving industry innovation. Maida’s declared strategic goal is to raise the telecoms industry’s contribution to Nigeria’s GDP from 14.58% to 25%.