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Alhaji Garba Bello Kankarofi frpa is a Professional broadcast marketer and Advertising regulator. His career has spanned decades of persistent practice across the country. He attended the Bayero University, Kano where he gained a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication in 1981. He obtained the higher school certificate in 1974 and the same year worked with a media research group from the University of Michigan, USA. In October of the same year, he left the research group and joined the Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation as Commercial Salesman. He secured admission into university in 1978 and since his graduation from Bayero University in 1981, his career has risen steadily. In 1982, he became a Commercial Officer in the Kano State Broadcasting Corporation where he rose to Principal Commercial Officer (Radio/TV) 1984. In 1986, he ascended to the position of Controller of Commercial Services and in 1987 he became the Commercial Services Manager. In 1991 he was confirmed the Director of Marketing and Commercial Services (Radio/TV). In 1993 he was upgraded to the position of Director of Commercial Services and in September 2003 he reached the pinnacle of his profession, becoming the Managing Director of Radio Kano, during the administration of Dr. Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau. In 1993 he was appointed into the Management Board of Kano Pillars Football Club in which he served as Director, Technical, a position he held till 1996. He was appointed Chairman of the football club by the then Military Governor of Kano State, Brid. Gen. Dominic Oneya and his tenure saw the rise of the Kano-based football club to national and continental prominence. In 2004 APCON bestowed on him the Fellowship of Advertising profession. He belongs to the older generation of Advertising practitioners. He served the Broadcast Organisations of Nigeria (BON) as chairman of the marketing committee for many years and his presence at the General Assembly of Broadcast Organizations of Nigeria has remained noticeable and remarkable. He is the only member of International Advertising Association (IAA) from northern Nigeria. In 1993, Adworld, a leading advertising journal, adjudged him the Best Commercial Director in Nigeria. He was elected the Best Advertising Practitioner in the Electronic Media category in a contest organized by the Body of Fellows of Advertising in 2005.He enjoys playing football and other sport and is Married with Children.