Bomai Ibrahim Mohammed

Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai (born 10 February 1960) is a Nigerian politician. He currently serves as the Senator representing Yobe South Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly. He was initially elected in 2019 and was reelected in the 2023 Yobe South Senatorial District Election.

Early life and education: Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai was born in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, on 10 February 1960 to the family of Mohammed Bomai and Hafsat Bomai. He started his Primary Education at Argungu when his father was under the defunct Northern Nigeria Government and completed it in 1972 at Shehu Garbai Primary School in Maiduguri. He obtained his Secondary School Leaving Certificate in 1977 from Government College, Maiduguri. He received a Diploma in Accountancy in 1980 and a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy in 1982, both from Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna. He obtained a Masters Degree in Business Administration (Finance) in 1999 from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. He also studied at Harvard University, Cambridge, Boston, United States between 2004 and 2006, and at the London School of Management, London, UK in 2005.

Career: Bomai’s work experience began with his appointment as a lecturer at College of Education, Nsugbe, Anambra State during his mandatory national service (NYSC) between 1982 and 1983. Thereafter, he gained employment as a Finance Officer with BOADAP, Maiduguri in 1983. In 1985, he left BOADAP and joined Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri as a Senior Accountant. In 1986, he was promoted to Principal Accountant and Acting Bursar, Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri. He switched over to the Federal service in 1988 as Assistant Chief Accountant and Acting Bursar, Federal College of Education (Technical), Potiskum, Yobe State. He was confirmed as the substantive Bursar of the institution and held the strategic post until 2002. In 2002, he moved to Abuja as Assistant Director (Accounts) at the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. He was subsequently posted to the Ministry of Federal Capital Territory (MFCT), Abuja.

Bomai is a Fellow of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (1994), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (2000), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management of Nigeria (2012), and Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria (2012).