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Brief History
PROFESSIONAL
Habitat Associates, Abuja – Junior Architect (1998-1999)
Broadway Malyan, London – Architect, Associate (2000-2006)
HOK International, London – Design Lead, Associate (2006-2009)
MULTIXEPT Associates, Lagos – Founding Partner (2010)
Deckard Tyler Limited, Nigeria – Architect / Strategy Lead (2011-date)
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Member of the following Standing Committees:
- National Practice Committee (2011/2013) – Chibuzo Ogike FNIA
- National IT Committee (2012/2014) – Ola Ogunsote FNIA
- National Practice Committee (2013/2015) – Azike Diribe FNIA
- ArchiBuilt (ADSL) Committee – 2012/2015 – A. S. Abubakar FNIA
- National PRO Committee – 2013/2015/2017– Patrick Elikwu FNIA
- Distinguished Lecture Series – Inaugurated 2015 – Sani Khalil FNIA
- National PRO Committee – 2017/2019 – Chioma Wogu-Ogbonna FNIA
Member of multiple Ad-hoc Committees including but not limited to:
- NIA Website Ad-hoc Committee (2012) – Tunde Oyekola FNIA
- NIA PDW-01Ilorin / May 2012 – Tonye Oliver Braide FNIA
- Federal Mininstry of Works Infrastructure Forum / EXPO Washington
managed by the NIA / Oct 2012 – Tonye Oliver Braide FNIA - Alex Ekwueme @ 80 / Oct 2012 – A. S. Abubakar FNIA
- NAGM 2012 Kano / Nov 2012 – Tonye Oliver Braide FNIA
- NBGM 2013 Abuja / Nov 2013 – Tonye Oliver Braide FNIA
- NBGM 2013 Abuja / LOC / Nov 2013 – Isyaku Bala Usman FNIA
- NAGM 2014 Ilorin / Oct 2014 – Tonye Oliver Braide FNIA
- ARCON / Architects Colloquium / Mar 2015 – Umaru Aliyu FNIA
- NBGM 2015 Abuja / Aug 2015 – Tonye Oliver Braide FNIA
- 2016 March-PPE / Independent Observer – Tunde Oyekola FNIA
- 2016/2017 / GIZ-NIA EEBD Faculty – Tonye Oliver Braide FNIA
- 2017 / National Electoral Committee – Tayo Babalakin FNIA
- 2018 / NIA-ARCON Harmonization Committee – M. J. Faworaja FNIA
- 2022 / NIAPPE 2016-2017 Review Committee – Olatokunbo Fowode FNIA
- 2022/2024 National Electoral Committee – Chibuzo Ogike FNIA
Member roles amongst many at the Abuja Chapter:
- NIA Abuja Chapter PRO – 2014/2016/2018 – Isyaku Bala Usman FNIA
- NIA Abuja Chapter Chairman – 2018/2020/2022 – NB MNIA
Candidate’s Biography
Chartered, registered, and experienced in both the United Kingdom and Nigeria, Ninah is a consultant with senior strategy planning, design, architecture, design management and execution experience across different sectors within the building infrastructure industry and the built environment. A career spanning almost thirty years and over three continents his areas of expertise include Strategic Framework Development, Infrastructure & PPP Interventions, Research & Development, Urban Analysis & Design, Master Planning, Architecture, Integrated Project Sustainability, and Green Design.
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Graduating a top student from the University of Lagos, Akoka 1997, he completed his National Service and later worked with the highly reputed Habitat Associates at its Abuja office, where he left a string of pioneering records. His project involvements included amongst others the (then) NEPA HQ Facility in Maitama, the (then) Presidential Guest Complex in the Three-Arms-Zone, and the PTF Zone-5 Federal Intervention Projects 1998. He subsequently proceeded to the University of East London (UEL), Stratford, UK, where he obtained an MSc Architecture in Computing & Design.
He thereafter, joined the London office of the British head-quartered large-scale international interdisciplinary practice Broadway Malyan [BM] where he rose to becoming the first ever black Associate in the (then) 45-year history of the company. Notable projects under his portfolio of works at BM included ‘the Shard’ (London Bridge Tower) in collaboration with the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and the Framework-Masterplan that formed London’s winning bid submission for the (then) London 2012 Olympics bid at the IOC. Alongside a diverse host of other large scale and complex projects, he set a well-recognized and well-documented performance and groundbreaking record at BM.
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While at BM, he concluded his RIBA Parts 1 and 2 with the ARB, and subsequently commenced his Professional Practice Studies at the School of Architecture, Kingston University, Surrey, UK, where he successfully completed his RIBA Part 3 in 2006/2007, and in the process, got recruited by the London office of HOK International, the US based global giant. His stellar records at HOK, also elevated to Associate Leadership class, included multiple projects of scale, scope, complexity, and location diversity, amongst which was the operational and infrastructural review and upgrade for SHELL in Nigeria [SPDC], across its entire Eastern (Port-Harcourt) and Western (Warri) Operations. Spanning a diverse suite of assets, infrastructure, facilities, the combined portfolio standards won acclaim at the corporate HQ of SHELL in the Hague (late 2007) as being reflective of the standards SHELL’s investments in developing economies should always mirror.
Ninah currently works at Deckard Tyler Limited, an ISO Certified Consultancy delivering a diversity of strategy, planning, and design services on infrastructure and similar scale investments and interventions in Nigeria and the Sub-Saharan Region, such as AfDB and IsDB SAPZ Programs, Industrial Hub Developments, Regional Plans, and Transaction Advisory (Technical) Services to numerous State and Private entities and establishments amongst others. Deckard Tyler Limited is a Member of the Association of Consulting Architects, Nigeria [ACAN], a Corporate Member of the Green Building Council of Nigeria [GBCN], and a standing member of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce & Industry [ACCI], where Ninah serves as Chairman to the Construction & Infrastructure Trade Group.
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In addition to his professional journey, Ninah participated in numerous NIA and ARCON related activities and served the Institute in different capacities; summarized below under ‘a brief history’, these roles included a two-term period as Chapter Chairman of the NIA Abuja Chapter (its first from the Private Sector). These roles that enabled him advocate sustainable development interventions in a diversity of regeneration focused areas. Ninah also holds current membership/roles in the African Union of Architects (AUA) Green Building Committee, Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA) Practice Committee, and the International Union of Architects (UIA) SDG Commission.
Ninah is a:
- Full Member, Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA)
- Registered Architect, Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON)
- Full Member, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
- Registered Architect, Architects Registration Board, UK (ARB)
- Member, American Institute of Architects – International Associate.
Married with two children, Ninah, alongside his wife, serve as Pastors at House on the Rock, Abuja.
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Strategic Outlook
- Digitally connect our Chapters nationwide under one unified operational backbone.
- Institutionalize accountability, record-keeping, and member visibility.
- Strengthen the revenue base of the Secretariat through innovation and partnership.
- Empower students, young architects, and practitioners with digital access to growth.
- Position the NIA as a knowledge-led, globally credible professional body.
Bridge divides, foster collaboration.
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My Core Message:
FIVE Themes to Elevate the Architect; Strengthen Our Institute.
I am running for the office of the Honorary General Secretary of the Nigerian Institute of Architects on FIVE key commitments:
Theme 1
Redefining Tradition with Purpose – “We cannot preserve relevance by resisting change.”
Theme 2
Strengthening Generational Continuity and Institutional Resilience – “The future is not an event; it is an inheritance we must design.”
Theme 3
Digitization, Smart Systems, and National Integration – “Technology is not optional — it is the infrastructure of progress.”
Theme 4
Trust as the Foundation of Leadership – “Transparency is not an act of charity — it is an act of leadership.”
Theme 5
Intelligence for Action, Not Assumption – “You cannot manage what you do not measure.”
Institutionalized Mentorship
Proactive Relevance Engineering
Vertical and Horizontal Advocacy
Qualitative and Quantitative Membership Growth
Economics, Policy, Polity
Strategic Design and Climate Action
Do not shortchange the FUTURE of what (it) can be,
For the PRESENT of what (might) be,
Due to the PAST with what did not need to be.