Hajia Zainab Aliyu heads the Department and she is assisted by other members of staff.

She was born on 5^th August, 1965 and hails from Auna, Magama Local Government area of Niger State.

Hajia attended university of Sokoto from 1982-1987 where she obtained a B.SC Degree (Hons.) in Political Science. She also obtained a Post Graduate Diploma from Bayero University Kano (BUK) in Management   (PGDM) in 1992. She returned to the institution to obtain her Master’s   in Business Administration (MBA) in the 2004-2005 session.

She served meritoriously in the Banking Sector – Bank of the North (BON) 1990-1992 and chartered Bank Limited 1992-2001 from where she joined the Authority as Manager (Finance). She is a goal getter and very observant of details, Hajia is a calm but target oriented person. Her zeal for the best and also her strict adherence to rules and regulations earned her the name “Madam due Process”. She has served in various capacities and location in the Authority- Kano Free Trade Zone, Calabar Free Trade Zone and NEPZA Head Office.

In July 2017, Hajia was promoted from Assistant General Manager (AGM) to the post of GM (Compliance and Enforcement). Today she holds the office of Director (Monitoring and Compliance).