Mr. Abdulazeez Eneye Ismaila was born in Ilorin, Kwara State on February 2, 1981 to the family of Alhaji and Hajia Ismaila A. Abubakar from Okehi Local government area of Kogi state. He attended Federal Staff School, Ilorin, Kwara State from 1986 to 1991 where he obtained First School Leaving Certificate. He then proceeded to Government Science Secondary School Lokoja from 1992 to 1997 and obtained Senior School Certificate. He participated in IJMB A/Level programme at Kogi State polytechnic in 1998. He bagged his first and second degree (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) in the field of Accounting and Finance from the prestigious University of Jos (U.J) 2004 to 2008 and 2012 to 2014 respectively with areas of specialization in Accounting, Finance, Audit and Assurance.

Mr. Abdulazeez is an associate member of the Institute of Development Finance and Project Management (IDFPM) as a business development officer withexperience in both public and private sectors such as: Okehi Local Government Area, Kogi State (Senior Accountant), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Central Bank of Nigeria Entrepreneurship Development Centre (CBN-EDC North central Zone), African Community Bridge Foundation and currently with the Federal University Lokoja. Kogi State as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Accounting with the following responsibilities: Level adviser and Departmental Examination Officer till date.

He is a YOUWIN 3 (Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria) awardrecipient of Nine million naira grant out of the selected 1,700 beneficiaries from the competition of over 280,000 participant across the 36 states of Nigeria in the year 2014. He is a trainer in entrepreneurship and financial literacy for small scale businesses alongside CBN’s accredited entrepreneurship development Institution with the mandate of the Federal Government of Nigeria’s Micro finance policy to stimulate economic growth and has trained over 500 youths and other interested parties in accessing fund for start-ups and expansion of businesses.

Mr. Abdulazeez Eneye Ismaila is happily married with children. The above wealth of experience, I hope to bring to bear in your institution and contribute to knowledge in the field of Accounting.