DG, DTCA giving a speech at the NDIS program
The DG, DTCA and the Mrs Massandje Toure-Litse, Commissioner Eco Affairs and Agriculture, ECOWAS Commission, Abuja during a visit to the Commissioner's office.
At the office of Mrs Massandje Toure-Litse, Commissioner Eco Affairs and Agriculture, ECOWAS Commission, Abuja.
Dr. Mansur Muhtar, Vice President Operations, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Amb. Rabiu Dagari, mni, DG, DTCA and a technical team of 3 during a visit to the HQ of the Bank on partnership and collaboration prospect
DG, DTCA with Dr. Mahsur Muhtar at the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Group photo with the VP Operations, IsDB during the Introduction session in his office
Group photo at the foyer of the Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia. From right, Sameh Hussein, Margaret Asoka, Riad Ragueb Ahmed, Amb. Rabiu Dagari, mns, Moncef Soudam, Camel Ambi, Nazar El-Hilali
DTCA DG, Amb. Rabiu Dagari, mni delivering Nigeria's position on the thematic areas of discussion at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), New York, USA.
The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf M. Tuggar, OON and the DG, DTCA, Amb. Rabiu Dagari, MNI
The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, DG, DTCA and Directors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
To enhance Africa's development by creating the enabling environment and opportunity for Nigerian professionals and indeed those of African descent to invest their immense intellect, expertise, and skills in the economies of Africa; to bridge the widening economic and scientific gap between Africa and the rest of the world.
The Vision of the DTCA is to attract African Experts to enhance Africa’s development by creating the enabling environment and opportunity for professionals in Nigeria and indeed, those of African descent to invest their immense intellect, expertise and skills into the economies of Africa with the goal of bridging the widening economic and scientific gap between Africa and the rest of the world.
The Directorate has the following six-pronged programme mandate:
Ø Scientific and Technical Exchange Programme (STEP) under the Nigerian Technical Cooperation Fund (NTCF);
Ø Compilation and Management of Database of Experts;
Ø Advocacy;
Ø Collaboration with other Organizations;
Ø Capacity Development Programmes; and
Ø Technical Programmes.
Amb Rabiu Dagari, mni, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Venezuela with concurrent accreditation to Colombia and Ecuador, had while in service, served in the Nigerian Missions in Paris as Ambassador/Deputy Head of Mission, London, Rome, Dublin and Brussels.
At the Tafawa Balewa House, headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Dagari also served in various departments, particularly as the acting director, Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Director of Consular Affairs and Deputy Director, Protocol, Office of the Head of State, State House.
Ambassador Dagari was a member of a committee that produced a comprehensive report on the reorganization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
An indigene of Nguru, Yobe State, Dagari is also a member of the Senior Executive Course 28, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru.
Dagari holds a BSc Political Science degree from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom and a Master of Arts in Governance and Development Policy – CERIS/L’Universite Paris, Sud.
He was appointed the substantive Director General of the DTCA with effective date of March 15, 2021.
