He served as Special Advisor to the Governor on ICT and Education, and later as Commissioner for Science and Technology for Kano State. He has served in many high level committees and boards at the state and federal levels in Nigeria. These include the National Technical Committee on the Harmonization of IT Initiatives (NTC-HITI), Telecommunications Sector Reform Steering and Implementation Committee (TSRSIC), Committee on Rural Telecommunications and Universal Service Obligations (RT&USO) (Chairman), Advisory Board, Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), Technical Advisors Committee JAMB (Chairman), TETFund Research and Development Steering Committee (RDSC) (Chairman, ICT Sub-Committee) and Technical Committee on Integration of E-Learning into the UBE Programme (Chairman).He has participated in several workshops and conferences in Nigeria, Italy, Ghana, Malaysia, Kenya, Egypt, Singapore, China, Namibia, Liberia, Gambia, Uganda, South Korea and the U.S.A. He has many publications including two books.
He is currently the National Coordinator of the Digital Resource Center of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).