This is the team of individuals at the level of organizational management at the Agency who have the day-to-day responsibilities of running the organization.
Engr Dr. Aliyu Maje Adnan
Research Director
Was born in Kano, Kano State on 18th February, 1957. He hailed from Danbatta Local Government Area of the state. Adnan is a COREN registered engineer and a Fellow of the prestigious Nigerian Society of Engineers.
Dr Adnan, who has served in various managerial capacity in both private and public sectors had his Ph,D in Production Engineering from Bayero University Kano and a Master’s degree in Production Engineering from the same University in 2010. He graduated from Kaduna Polytechnic in 1979 from the department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Council (Part II) from the highly revered Southampton Institute of Higher Education, England in 1988.
He started his professional working career with the Water Resources and Engineering Construction Agency (WRECA) Kano State in 1980 as Trainee Graduate Technologist and he rose through the ranks to become the General Manager (Technical Services). He held this position until August 2003 when he joined the Hydraulic Equipment Development Institutes (HEDI), Kano as Director/Chief Executive. HEDI is a development Institute under the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).
As Director/CE of HEDI (2003-2012), Adnan repositioned the institute by developing need and market driven products while enhancing the Institute’s collaboration with tertiary institutions. He brought to the fore during his reign the training of entrepreneurs in order for them to imbibe the culture of standardization and quality production of hydraulic equipment to enhance their competition with similar foreign goods. Among his achievements was the conduct of targeted research and development of technologies for local manufacturing of hydraulic, pneumatic equipment and devices.
Dr. Adnan is happily married with children.
Engr. Prof. M. S. Haruna
Executive Vice Chairman, NASENI
As Executive Vice Chairman / CE, NASENI and Head of the Management Team, he is responsible for the Agency’s day-to-day operations, as well as leading the strategy to accomplish the Agency’s mandate.
President Mohammadu Buhari GCFR re-appointed Prof. M. S. Haruna as Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), for a 2nd Term of 5 years with effect from 3/4/2018.
Mrs. Nonyem Onyechi
Director, Planning, Policy and Analysis
Mrs. Nonyem Onyechi holds a B.Sc. Degree in Zoology from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1983) and a Masters
Degree in Zoology from the University of Lagos (1986).
She joined the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology in 1990 as a Senior Scientific Officer and was later
transferred to NASENI in 1993.
