Chris Awhawha
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani has appointed 13 aides including a Chief Press Secretary, Mall. Ibraheem Musa.
This was contained in a statement made available Friday, dated 25th October 2024, and signed by Fabian Ugochukwu Okoye, Special Adviser to the Governor on Research, Documentation & Strategy.
The statement added that the fresh appointments were made to reinvigorate Governor Sani’s administration for effective and efficient service delivery to citizens of Kaduna State.
Those appointed includes Ibraheem Musa – Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Engr. Shuaibu Kabir Bello – Managing Director, Kaduna Mining Development Company (KMDC), Iliya Timbuak – Managing Director, Kaduna State Enterprise Development Agency (KADEDA), and Dr. John Danfulani – Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Residents Identity Management Agency (KADRIMA).
Also appointed are Mohammed Mubarak as Acting Executive Secretary, Kaduna State State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Aliyu Saeed as Executive Director (Finance and Administration), Kaduna Mining Development Company (KDMC),
Muhammad Salisu – Executive Director (Operations), Kaduna Markets Development and Management Company (KMDMC),
Hon. Shehu Usman Ibrahim – Special Assistant, Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Falmata U. Abacha – Senior Special Assistant – Social Investment, Abdulhadi Abdullahi Makarfi – Executive Director, (Operations) Kaduna State Enterprise Development Agency (KADEDA), Iyal Auwal Yahaya – Executive Director (Finance and Administration), Kaduna State Enterprise Development Agency (KADEDA), Bashir Tijjani Babajo – Special Assistant, Special Duties and Ruth Popoola – Senior Special Assistant on Financial Inclusion, respectively.
The statement stressed that all the appointments are with immediate effect.
The statement noted that “Until his appointment as Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Malam Ibraheem Musa was a Media Consultant to Governor Uba Sani.
He served as a Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity in the previous administration.
“Malam Ibraheem Musa has over 30 years of post graduation experience in various news organisations, culminating in his appointment as the pioneer Editor of Blueprint Weekend Newspaper in 2017.
“The new Chief Press Secretary started his working career as a Press Review Officer in Government House, Bauchi in 1991. Thereafter, he joined Hotline News Magazine in 1993 and rose to the position of Deputy Editor. He had a short stint with The Sentinel Magazine, before joining the New Nigerian Newspapers, where he spent 10 years. At the New Nigerian, he was the Political Editor and a member of the Editorial Board.
“While on a Leave of Absence, Malam Ibraheem Musa served in the National Assembly as a Legislative Aide. In 2007, the new Chief Press Secretary was appointed the Political Editor of Trust Newspaper. After a year, he became the Kaduna Bureau Chief of the Newspaper. In 2011, he left for the Blueprint Newspaper as Kaduna Bureau Chief. In 2017, he was appointed the Editor of Blueprint Weekend.
“Malam Ibraheem was the Deputy Director of Strategic Communication of the Kaduna State APC Campaign Team in 2019. In the 2023 campaign, he was the Director of Strategic Communication and Spokesman of the APC Campaign Team”, it stated.