Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has appointed Abdulkadir Mayere as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG).
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Mayere replaced Balarabe Lawal who has been sworn in by President Bola Tinubu as the Minister of Environment.
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Muhammad Shehu, the appointment of the new SSG takes immediate effect.
The new SSG is a retired Federal Permanent Secretary.
During his civil service career, he served at different times in the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development and Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, two ministries that are strategic to the socio-economic development of Nigeria and the fight against poverty, hunger and achieving food security.
He served for 32 years in the Federal Public Service, progressing through the ranks from Medical Officer II to become a Director, Sports Medicine at the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2011. He was appointed a Federal Permanent Secretary in 2017.
He currently serves as a Senior National Consultant to Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on “Hand in Hand Initiative in Nigeria,” working with Federal MDAs and some States on achieving SDG #1 and SDG#2.
Governor Sani, according to the statement, expects the new SSG to use his wealth of experience towards achieving the SUSTAIN Agenda of the present administration in KadunaState, while wishes him well in his new assignment.
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