… As minister makes other appointments
By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
The FCT Minister Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello has appointed former AMAC Chairman Hon. Abdullahi Adamu Candido as the new Secretary of the FCTA Transportation Secretariat.
Candido’s whose new appointment which takes immediate effect has replaced Angulu Dobi who resigned his appointment to contest for the senatorial ticket of the FCT in the forthcoming general elections which he has secured under the APC.
Before the appointment Adamu Candido was a two term elected Executive Chairman of AMAC under the All Progressives Congress , APC , party from 2026-2022.
He was born on the 3rd of December 1965 in Jiwa, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),
Furthermore others appointed were Farida Odangi Suleiman as the new Senior Special Assistant (Special Duties) to the FCT Minister in place of Hon. Zari Ribadu who also re-signed his appointment as Senior Special Assistant,( Special Duties ) to the Minister to contest for the AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency of the FCT in the forthcoming 2023 general election under the APC.
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Suleiman holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Estate Management as well as a Masters degree in Environmental Impact Assessment from the Federal University of Technology Minna.
The Minister also appointed Engr. Hassan Umar Danjuma and Engr. Tauheed Amusan as Chairman and General Manager of the FCT Water Board, respectively.
Danjuma who holds Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Engineering from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria with over 30 years of experience as an engineer, is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and has a specialization in design, construction and management of civil engineering projects.
Engr 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.
Amusan joined the services of the FCTA in 1991 and until his appointment as the GM of FCT Water Board, was seconded as Special Assistant (Technical) to the Hon Minister of Water Resources since 2015.
While Abubakar Sadiq Maina was also appointed as the Group Managing Director of the Abuja Investment Company Limited, a subsidiary of the FCT Administration.
Born on 24th April 1974, Abubakar Sadiq Maina graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Maiduguri in 1998 and has about twenty-two (22) years of portfolio management experience.
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 acting capacity since the retirement of his predecessor.
Hamza Zanna Alhaji, who is a fellow member of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria holds bachelor and Masters Degrees in Accounting from the Universities of Maiduguri and Lagos respectively.
All appointments take immediate effect.
