PROFILE OF THE STATE STATISTICIAN GENERAL, YOHANNA YAKUBU DZARMA (JP), ADAMAWA STATE BUREAU OF STATISTICS (ADSBS).

Mr. Yohanna Yakubu Dzarma (JP), the State Statistician General of Adamawa State was born on 19/08/1968 at Uba to the family of Rev. Yohanna Hammatu and Mrs. Esther Yohanna. He is a kilba by tribe and an indigene of Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

The Statistician General attended Kautikari Primary School from 1976 to 1981and Government Comprehensive Secondary School Damboa from 1981 to 1986. He also attended the Modibbo Adama College University of Maiduguri, Yola Campus and later Federal University of Technology, Yola for his tertiary education from 1987 to 1991 and obtained a B.Tech (Hons) Statistics with a Second Class Upper Division. He was also a recipient of a merit award from the University in 1991 for being the best graduand in Statistics. Thereafter he completed his NYSC programme in 1992. He is a member of the Nigerian Statistical Association since 2005.

He joined the service of the Adamawa State Government in the Directorate of Budget Planning and Statistics in 1993 as Statistician II and rose to the rank of a Director Statistics in 2019 in the Adamawa State Bureau of Statistics. During the course of his career, he also enrolled in a part-time training programme organized by the Federal Information/Resource Centre in 2014, where he obtained two Diplomas; one in Data Processing and the other one in Project Management. He had also undergone series of capacity building in Statistics, Computer, Administration and other areas as well as attended many conferences and summits like Annual Conferences of the Nigerian Statistical Association, Annual Conferences of the Nigeria Computer Society, ICT Africa Investment Submit etc.

The Statistician General until his appointment has served in so many committees among which are:

  • Member/Secretary, Consultative Committee on Computerization of Adamawa State Government Operations (2004 - 2007)
  • Head, Information Technology Center where automated salaries of Adamawa State Civil Servants are being prepared (2004 - 2016)
  • Pro-tem Secretary of the Nigerian Computer Society (NCS) State Chapter (2005 - 2007)
  • Member, Registration Committee and Member/Secretary LOC of NCS's 20th Annual Conference/AGM held in Yola 13th to 16th June 2006.
  • Member, Adamawa State 2016 - 2030 Blue-print on Data and Statistics (Nov. 2016)
  • Member, Adamawa State 2016 - 2030 Blue-print Validation Committee (Aug. 2017)
  • Chairman, Michika LGA Civil Servants Screening Committee (2020)
  • Member, Adamawa State Civil Servants Screening Committee (2021)

As a result of his hard work, His. Excellency, the Executive Governor of Adamawa State, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (the Project Master) appointed him as the State Statistician General in July 2023. He is married with six (6) children.