Ahmed Abubakar Idris graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and a corporate member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers. Ahmed started his career as Trainee Engineer with the defunct Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc (CCNN) in 1992 and steadily rose through the ranks to the position of Technical Director in 2013, a position he held till he resigned in 2015. In 2018, he served as the Commissioning Director in the then CCNN for its newly constructed 2mmtpa production line and was subsequently transferred to the Obu Cement plant in Okpella, where he continues to work as the Plant Director.

_{Ahmed Idris
Plant Director, BUA Cement (Obu)}