Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State has made fresh appointments of 14 new Special Advisers and nine heads of Agencies and Parastatals of the State’s civil service.
Gov Radda’s Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement said the appointments is meant to assist the governor in the general administration of the state, adding that it was in accordance with Section 208, 2c and 2d of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, are with immediate effect, a statement by Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, CPS, indicates.
The newly appointed Special Advisers are Abubakar Ahmadi Tsanni, Sports & Social Development; Mannir Mu’azu Ruma, Market Development; Malam Yusuf Ibrahim, Community Security Watch; Nasidi Mohammed Danladi,
Community Development; Shafi’u Abdu Duwan, Party Liaison; Hon. Ya’u Ahmad, Employment Promotion; and Ya’u Umar Gojo-Gojo, Political Affairs.
The others are Shehu Abdu Daura, Drugs & Narcotics; Malam Nura Saleh Katsayal, Primary Education; Murtala Isah Kankara, National Assembly Matters; Engr. Mustapha Mahmud, Human Capital Development; Nasiru Lawal Aminu, Infrastructure Development; Suleiman Yusuf Jibia, Livestock and Grazing; and Aminu Lawal, Youth Development.
The nine newly appointed Heads of some Katsina State Government agencies and parastatals are Prof. Sani Abubakar Mashi, Chairman Board of Internal Revenue; Engr. Surajo Yazid Abukur, PhD, Managing Director, Katsina State Roads Maintenance Agency, KASROMA; Engr. Abubakar Matazu, General Manager Rural Electrification Board, REB; Alhaji Haruna Musa Rigoji, General Manager Katsina State Transport Authority, KTSTA; and Alhaji Ibrahim Tukur Jikamshi, Director General Katsina State Investment Promotion Agency, KIPA.
Others are Hon. Umar Mammada who will supervise the drugs and Medical Supplies Agency as its Executive Secretary; Dr. Sabiu Liadi is the General Manager, Katsina State Hospital Services Management Board, HSMB; while Dr. Abdurrahim Muhammad Maaji is the Chief Physician to the Governor of Katsina State, and Alhaji Garba Dahiru Bidawa who is appointed as a member of the Katsina State Electoral Commission (KATSIEC) will have to wait for his confirmation by the State House of Assembly.
Mohammed quoted Governor Radda, as congratulating the appointees, and charged them to be honest and just while discharging their responsibilities.
“We have a big task ahead and you all must key into our strategic agenda, so as to build the Katsina State of our dream,” he said.