MAHMUD AISHATU obtained her first degree in 1997 from the prestigious Bayero University, Kano, with B.sc honors in Economics and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the same University in the year 2000. After her service to her fatherland (NYSC) in 1998, the bright young Aisha joined the private sector as an ‘Officer-Commercial Banking’ at the famous United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) from September 1998 to May 2001 and then moved over to Karama Industrial Ventures where she served as Administrative Officer from June 2001 to May 2003. She is 53 years old. DEPUTY GOVERNOR : SAMMANI ISMAIL