FCT Minister Appoints New Mandate Secretary, Others

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has approved the appointment of the immediate past chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon Abdullahi Adamu Candido as the new secretary for the transportation secretariat.

He replaces Hon Zakari Angulu Dobi who resigned his appointment as secretary of the transportation secretariat to contest for the senatorial ticket of the FCT in the forthcoming general elections under the All Progressives Congress (APC). Candido lost his bid to contest for the House of Representatives under the same party.

Also appointed is Farida Odangi Suleiman who is now the senior special assistant (special duties) to the FCT minister. Suleiman replaces Hon Abu Zarri Ribadu who also resigned his appointment as senior special assistant, (special duties) to the FCT minister to contest for the AMAC/Bwari federal constituency of the FCT in the forthcoming 2023 general election. He is now the APC candidate for that position.

The minister also appointed Engr. Hassan Umar Danjuma and Engr. Tauheed Amusan as chairman and general manager of the FCT Water Board, respectively.

Amusan who is a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers has a specialisation in diverse areas of civil engineering and project management for water supply, roads, district infrastructure, and environmental engineering.

He joined the services of the FCTA in 1991 and until he was appointed the GM of FCT Water Board, was seconded as special assistant (technical) to the minister of water resources in 2015.

Abubakar Sadiq Maina was also appointed as the group managing director of the Abuja Investment Company Limited, a subsidiary of the FCT Administration.

Meanwhile, the minister has also ratified the appointment of Zanna Alhaji Hamza as the substantive Director of the FCT Treasury (DOT). The new DOT has been serving in an acting capacity since the retirement of his predecessor.

Hamza who is a fellow member of the