Hajia Aisha Abubakar had her secondary education at the prestigious Queens College, Yaba.  She holds a B.A in Political and International Studies from University of Warwick, Warwickshire, England and Masters of Art Degree from University of Leeds, Leeds, England. She is a Fellow of International Professional Managers Association United Kingdom (UK) and the President of the International Experts Consultants UK.

Hajia Aisha Abubakar had her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) between 1992 and 1993 at Continental Merchant Bank as a Research and Planning Officer. She joined African Development Bank in 1993 as Senior, Bilateral Operations officer and has served in various positions with different organizations ranging from Abuja Enterprise Agency where she rose to become the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) between October 2005 to August 2014, Director, Customs, Immigrations, Prisons, Pensions department and Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate.

She served as Honorable Minister in the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment from November 2015 to October 2018 and the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development from October 2018 to May 2019.

Hajia Aisha Abubakar is a multi – talented and accomplished public sector administrator with over 3 decades of professional experience in Public Service and Pension Administration, International Development and Human Resource Management. She likes reading, Travelling and Community Engagement.

She is currently the Chief Operations Officer (COO)/ Founder of Tarihaan Integrated Services.