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Tambuwal Lost Another Commissioner

By Muhammad Goronyo, Sokoto

With sublime submission to the will of Allah (SWT), on behalf of the government and good people of Sokoto state, I hereby announce the death of our Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Muhammad Arzika Tureta (1959-2021).

Hon. Tureta, who had variously served as Commissioner in the state before his last appointment, battled with protracted illness recently died yesterday night.

A statement by Governor Tambuwal of Sokoto state further said the deceased was an agricultural entrepreneur, administrator and politician, he attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he bagged a Bachelor of Education.

He was a member of the Sokoto State House of Assembly (SOHA) under the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) and member of the House of Representatives for Bodinga/ Dange-Shuni/Tureta Federal Constituency on the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He was also the State Chairman of the PDP in Sokoto State

He will be buried today at his home town of Lambar Tureta in Sokoto state.

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