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Siminalayi Fubara: Biography, Age, Education, Career, and Controversy

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2023/03/08

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Who is Siminalayi Fubara? Wikipedia, Biography

Amaopusenibo Siminalayi “Sim” Fubara is the 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers state.

He is favoured to win the March 11, 2023, gubernatorial election, according to an opinion poll conducted by Anap Foundation in collaboration with NOIPolls Limited.

Age

He was born on January 28, 1975. Fubara, as at 2023, is 48 years old.

Tribe

He was born in Opobo Town in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers State.

In the Opobo-Ibani dialect, his name, ‘Siminalayi’, translates as ‘the poor may beget the rich’.

Parents

Sim Fubara is the second of five children and the first son of the late Joseph Fubara, a former soldier, and the late Love Joseph Fubara, a civil servant.

His parents were both descendants of the Fubara and Jaja families of Opobo town.

Education

Siminalayi attended Opobo Primary School where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1986.

Fubura proceeded to Comprehensive Secondary School, Opobo, where he obtained the West African School Certificate in 1992.

Sim has a degree in Business Education with specialisation in accountancy from the former Rivers State University of Science and Technology (now Rivers State University).

Fubara has a Master of Science Degree in Finance and a Master of Business Administration, both from the University of Port Harcourt Business School.

He also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting from Enugu State University of Science and Technology.

Summary of his education

First School Leaving Certificate, Opobo Primary School – 1986
West African School Certificate Comprehensive Secondary School, Opobo – 1992
BSc Accounting, Rivers State University of Science and Technology
MBA, University of Port Harcourt – 2013
MSc, University of Port Harcourt – 2016
Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting, Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Professional qualifications/affiliations

Fellow of Nigeria Institute of Management (FNIM)
Fellow of Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (FCNA)
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (FCTI).

Career

Sim Fubara career started in 2003 when he was appointed as a classroom teacher by the Rivers State Post-Primary Schools Board, and posted to the Comprehensive High School, Alesa-Eleme.

He taught there for five years and transferred his service in 2007 from the Board to the Ministry of Finance on the rank of Senior Accountant.

He was Senior Accountant before being promoted as Principal Accountant. He was later promoted as Chief Accountant, Assistant Director, and Deputy Director.

He rose to the position of director of finance and accounts at the State’s government house in 2015 and rose to the position of permanent secretary in March 2020.

Fubara rose to the pinnacle of his career as Accountant General of Rivers state.

In May 2022, Fubara was declared winner of the Rivers state gubernatorial primary elections. He won with a total of 721 votes against other 15 aspirants that contested in the election.

Kamalu Isaac 86, George Kelly 37, Danagogo Tammy 36, Chief West Morgan got four votes, Briggs David four, Felix Obuah two votes, and eight void votes.

Summary of work experience

Principal Accountant with the Rivers State Senior Secondary Schools Board – 2003
Director of Finance and Accounts, Rivers State Government House – 2015
Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Government House – Mar 2020
Accountant General, Rivers State – Dec 2020 – May 2022