The Executive Chairman
Dr. Siman Ambita’a is the current Executive Chairman of the Taraba State Board of Internal Revenue and a former Permanent Secretary in various Ministries. He is a native of Kumbo, Donga Local Government Area in Taraba State. He obtained his SBS & MB, BS from Ahmadu Bello University in 1981, an MSc in Epidemiology from the University of London in 1998 and a Diploma in Health Systems Management, from Galillee College, Israel in 2005.
An administrator with over thirty seven (7) years of administrative experience, he had served as Permanent Secretary in various Ministries – Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Co-operatives; Health Services Management Board, the Ministry of Health; Government House Administration; Finance and Economic Development and as Permanent Secretary/Director General of Taraba State AIDS Control Agency (TACA). He has aslo accumulated many years in Medical capacity as Director of Planning Research and Statistics, Ministry of Health in Jalingo, Personal Physician to the Chief Executives of Taraba State, Principal Medical Officer of General Hospital at Ganye, and General Duty Mdeical officer in Mubi, Adamwa State.
A well-travelled man, Dr. Siman Ambita’a has travelled to most states of the federation and many countries including the Republic of Cameroun, United Kingdom (UK), Belgium, Italy (Rome), Israel, Egypt, United States of America (USA), South Africa and Australia