A seasoned company administrator and banker, with excessive proficiency in computing and banking operations, Yazid Danfulani got here totally to the limelight of public service because the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry in Zamfara State, beneath Governor Bello Matawalle, however not earlier than serving in 2013 on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), therefrom gaining profound experiences in banking operations.
Born on fifteenth April 1986, in Gusau, Zamfara State, Danfulani attended Dan Turai Primary School and Therbow Secondary School, from the place he later obtained a level in Business Administration and a Master’s diploma in Arts and Management from the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
On May 21, 2025, Danfulani was appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) for an preliminary time period of 4 years by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Before this prestigious and well-deserved appointment, Danfulani based and served as president of the Arewa Development and Empowerment Foundation (ADEF), a company that caters to and helps orphans and fewer privileged people in society.
Over the years, the expectations of Nigerians have been very excessive for the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Company (NAIC), deriving advantages from the event of strong insurance coverage merchandise that can cater to the wants of Nigerian farmers, notably smallholder farmers, women-led agribusinesses, and youth cooperatives on a sustainable foundation.
Nigerians additionally count on an agricultural insurance coverage company that’s environment friendly and that can make immediate funds of claims to farmers affected by pure disasters, pests, and ailments, and that may develop protection to deserving however uncared for farming communities.
However, a part of the recognized constraints that had affected the company and restricted its operational effectivity are: irregular interactions with stakeholders, associations, and different farmers in order to grasp their wants and develop tailor-made options, and sustained efforts at collaborating with the Federal Government to develop insurance policies and allocate assets that help the expansion and improvement of the agricultural sector.
Others embrace a sustained developmental modern framework that can improve the expansion of assorted insurance coverage services geared toward addressing the distinctive challenges confronted by Nigerian farmers, equivalent to local weather change and pest infestations, and strategically designed insurance coverage packages which might be inexpensive and accessible to smallholder and medium-scale farmers, whereas successfully embarking on grassroots mobilization of farmers and communities for enhanced consciousness and uptake of agricultural insurance coverage.
Upon assumption of workplace, Danfulani didn’t fail Nigerians, as he geared in direction of guaranteeing he delivers on their expectations, prioritizing the digitization and streamlining of NAIC’s companies, together with coverage enrolment, claims processing, and farmer outreach, by digital platforms geared toward bettering effectivity and transparency, and the strengthening of efficient and environment friendly governance constructions, and human capability improvement by enhanced institutional reforms, accountability measures, and focused employees coaching, which has caused efficient systematic positivity and optimistic modifications into the interior workings of the company.
Danfulani’s contemporary perspective, robust management, and absolute dedication to driving optimistic change within the group, enhanced by his numerous experiences, has introduced new vigor and strategic route to NAIC, specializing in strengthening agricultural insurance coverage frameworks, increasing entry to insurance coverage for farmers, and guaranteeing the company performs a key function in Nigeria’s meals safety technique.
An goal administrator with immense monitor information of established metrics and benchmarks of measured progressive and common evaluation, Danfulani adopted methods of formidable and time-proven outcomes.
His intentional willingness to pivot and regulate course when circumstances change or new alternatives come up has additionally led to the prioritization of staff’ welfare, taking a holistic view of the bodily, emotional, and psychological well-being of staff, and recognizing {that a} glad and wholesome workforce is extra productive and engaged.
By implementing these methods, Danfulani has been ready to herald contemporary views, robust management, and a dedication to driving optimistic change, finally attaining the targets of the renewed hope agenda and making a significant impression.
Danfulani’s turnkey multidisciplinary method to the event of NAIC consists of the reengineering of entry to agricultural insurance coverage, notably in rural and underserved communities, to guard farmers towards pure disasters, pests, and ailments, and the introduction of up-to-date insurance coverage services tailor-made to the wants of Nigerian farmers, selling agricultural development and meals safety.
Within a really quick time of assumption, he has fostered partnerships with authorities businesses, personal entities, and worldwide improvement our bodies to reinforce NAIC’s impression and effectiveness, enabling reforms to enhance NAIC’s effectivity and buyer satisfaction, guaranteeing the company performs crucial roles in Nigeria’s agricultural transformation agenda, centered on rural improvement and agricultural development, and aligning with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda and the nation’s meals safety technique.
Indeed, Danfulani’s appointment has been broadly applauded, with stakeholders, such because the Nigeria Youth for Good Governance Forum and different our bodies, expressing confidence in his management qualities, technical experience, and dedication to nationwide improvement and describing it as well timed and strategic.
An administrator with demonstrable perception into the workings of the company, Danfulani introduced in people with numerous backgrounds, experiences, and views to foster innovation and creativity, making up a multidisciplinary workforce of staff with the autonomy to make selections and take possession of their work, selling a way of accountability and motivation, and fostering a constant tradition of steady coaching, mentorship, and knowledge-sharing to remain forward of the curve and adapt to altering circumstances, with a transparent imaginative and prescient, mission, and set of targets, guaranteeing everyone seems to be aligned and dealing in direction of the identical outcomes in an atmosphere of shared worth.
As a part of the immediate reforms, Danfulani has established robust collaboration and partnerships with authorities businesses, personal entities, and worldwide improvement our bodies to reinforce NAIC’s impression and effectiveness, driving and establishing reforms geared toward bettering NAIC’s effectivity and buyer satisfaction, thereby fostering stronger nationwide cohesion and alignment with the nationwide coverage framework for a synergistic impact.
Indeed, his deliberate concentrate on rural improvement and agricultural development, aligning with the assorted reforms of the federal authorities, has began yielding outcomes, positively affecting meals manufacturing, meals safety, and nationwide safety.
Indeed, as Danfulani embarks on this crucial mission and essential nationwide task, we want him success in his endeavors to remodel NAIC and contribute to the expansion and improvement of Nigeria’s agricultural sector.
We are assured that along with his examined and confirmed transformational management model, we will count on fast change, a brighter future for farmers in Nigeria, and extra particularly a extra modern and digitally pushed agricultural business with a holistic optimistic impression.
Danfulani is the brand new sheriff on the town and has include assurance and compelling monitor information of efficiency, engineering radical reforms.
