Bawa AHMED obtained HND in Accounting from Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa Nigeria, and a Masters in Business Administration from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi. He is a Fellow of Association of National Accountants of Nigeria. He has attended several training courses in financial management, administration, management and Accounting both within and outside the country. He began work and an Internal Auditor in NIPSS and later moved to the Accounts department. Over the years, he has served as finance desk officer for several local and international sponsored projects including NIPSS/USAID (ENHANSE) Project, DFID Project, UNDP-sponsored MDG-based Workshops for Legislators from 20 states of the Federation, UNDP/DGD II Project, UN Women Project, DFID/NSRP Project. He has also served on several administrative and technical committees of the Institute. He is currently the Deputy Bursar of the Institute and Finance officer of the Political Parties Leadership and Policy Development Centre (PPLPDC) in the Institute.