Distinguished Senator Garba Musa – The Prize for Selflessness is a Call to Serve 2

Distinguished Senator Garba Musa Maidoki

Inaugurated into the 10th Senate on the 13th June 2023

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them,” William Shakespeare.

Without any iota of doubt, with a humble beginning, Maidoki achieved greatness in his career and through his selfless service to his community, equally achieved greatness in the eyes of his people and the Kebbi South electorates thrust greatness upon him by voting him to represent them in the 10th Assembly.

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Sports shone a spotlight and gave limelight to Garba in the college, to the school authority, sister colleges and the public. His latent finesse and sterling qualities manifested. Garba in sports brought to fore his qualities of sportsmanship, strength of character in humility and honesty, fair-play and sense of justice, sacrifice for others and love of humanity, discipline and perseverance. The most important of all, despite his reserve nature, sports unearth Garba’s leadership skills. He was made the Labour Prefect of the school.

After secondary school, Garba undertook a pre-university programme at the College of Arts and Science Sokoto for his Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) Examination in 1979/80 session. That was where the twist of fate added “MAIDOKI” to his names.

At the registration point, two new students were identified with the same name – Garba Musa. He, from Zuru, the other from Sakaba. They were both directed to add a name to avoid mistake identity over complicity of personal and/or examination results.

He added MAIDOKI, from then on, he became GARBA MUSA MAIDOKI. The other candidate added SAKABA, to become GARBA MUSA SAKABA, the present District Head of Sakaba.

Garba Musa Maidoki completed his IJMB exams in 1981. This gave him direct admission to 200 level undergraduate programme to read B.Sc. Economics at the University of Sokoto, now Usumanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) for the 1981/82 session and graduated with honours in 1984/85 session. He did his mandatory National Youth Service in Ogun State.

The service year afforded Garba his first teaching experience, a teaching stint as a lecturer before his employment to NNDC in 1987. In the space of three years, Garba Musa Maidoki found his footing in his young career.

In February 1991, the young Garba reported to the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS). By May 2007, his schedules were expanded to include another delegation of responsibilities at the Integrated Data Services Limited, (IDSL) Benin.

Again, his duties overlapped when he was moved to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in February 2008. His stay there was short but eventful. He left the ministry in June 2008 and was redeployed back to NAPIMS and remained there to March 2015.

Another overlap of duties happened to him with the period, because by January 2013, he had to take schedules at the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) up to March 2015.

Such was the confidence reposed on Garba by his superior officers, who diligently groomed and nurtured him. They succeeding in bringing out the energetic and workaholic nature of Garba Musa Maidoki through their mentoring.

For sixteen years, as a young officer, Garba learnt his ropes at NAPISM at different strategic levels. He started as the Officer-in-Charge, (O/C) Warehousing. Within the officer waiting period of three years, Feb. 1991 to 1994, he was moved to the next rank and position – O/C Procurement. He was on that post from June 1994 to November 1996.

Between November 1999 and February 2001, Garba was O/C Asset Management and Disposal. From March 2001 to June 2002, he served as the O/C Price Intelligence and Data Management. He was the Supervisor MMD – PSC Logistics between September 2002 and November 2004.

Based on the result oriented hard-work, Garba was identified out of many and appointed the Technical Assistant to the General Manager Services/Supervisor, Recruitment, Records, Discipline and Appraisal NNPC/NAPIMS, between July 2004 and MAY 2007.

This exposed Maidoki as a middle ranking officer to managerial proceedings of recruitment, discipline, appraisal, planning, strategic plans, work scheduling, job descriptions, performance evaluation system, monitoring and evaluation and general career growth.

This completed his sixteen years of lined and middle officer ranking career progression at the NAPISM.

Distinguished Senator Garba Musa Maidoki

Kebbi South Representative 

He was deployed to serve the Honourable Minister of State Petroleum (HMSP) as the Technical Assistance Upstream to the Minister, between May 2007 and February 2008; an appointment only a select few are considered. He serve in that capacity from February 2008 to June 2008 at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

Garba’s success at this position opened more opportunities and more responsibilities were entrusted to him in his career. In June 2008, Garba Musa Maidoki was recalled back to NAPIMS to take the position of the Deputy Manager Common Services. A position he held up to December 2012.

It was at this managerial level that Garba Maidoki, as he is fondly called, “Coordinated JV operators procurement and logistics contract strategy to develop best fit strategy on a case by case basis; coordinated joint technical and commercial evaluations of Joint venture companies potential vendors’ tender submissions; reviewed of JV operators contract award recommendation NNPC’s approval; reviewed JV operators bidder’s list for NNPC’s approval; maintained records of all Joint Venture (JV) MMD Annual work programme and Budgets and kept records of all JV operators procurement and logistics contracts and their Status.”

By January 2013, Maidoki had two designations. He became the Manager JQS Nipex at NAPISM and Manager Contracts at NPDC. In this position, he “Coordinated the registration of companies into the upstream vendor management systems; coordinated the review and update of product groups and booklet; coordinated the HSCQ categorisation of vendors; coordinated department staff and coordinated the payment of invoices of third party department contractors.

He also “Managed tender process to ensure value for money and follow due process; managed NNPC vendors data base and ensure that only competent and reliable companies were registered; coordinated department staff; coordinated the payment of invoices of third party department contractors and ensures adherence of the DOA and procurement act guidelines.

He was on that position up to March 2015.

Garba Musa Maidoki was promoted to the rank of General Manager Supply Chain Division, NPDC. A rank he maintained until his retirement in 2020.

Over the years, Garba Musa Maidoki had garnered tremendous experiences on upstream ventures, drilling activities, procurement, development of price benchmark, budgetary performances, stoking and oil supply tabulation, procurement of helicopters spare parts and ground support equipment and services, general f upstream and gas analyses and various benchmarks reviews and analyses.

As one of the staff of a grade “A” parastatals and a multinational serving multinationals, Garba Musa Maidoki had up-to-date national and international training and retraining to meet the demands of the positions he was groomed to hold and held.

He had trainings in Nigeria, United Kigdom, United States of America and other parts of the world on Public Expenditure Programming and Management; Project Analysis and Evaluation for NNPC/NAPIMS Projects; Contract Management Courses; Procurement for Development Project; Material and Contract Management for Petroleum Operations; International Purchasing and Material Management; Materials Codification Courses and Management of Petroleum Development and Operations.

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