Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has approved the appointment of two new Executive Secretaries to the Zamfara State Electricity Agency, ZAEA, and Zamfara Geographic Information System, ZAGIS.
Conveying the approval, the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, SSG, Malam Abubakar Mohammad Nakwada said the appointments take immediate effect.
He said that Hon Muzammil Muhammad Idris has been appointed as the Executive Secretary, ZEA, a newly established Agency mandated to manage the Stateβs power policies and initiatives.
The SSG noted that this followed the devolution of generation and distribution of electricity in the country as contained in the new Electricity law that allow states, companies and individuals to generate, transmit and distribute electricity.
Accordimg to him, Dr Jabir Haruna Abdulkareem was appointed as the new Executive Secretary, ZAGIS, an establishment, saddled with the responsibilities of digitizing the land administration system in the State.
The statement added that while expressing confidence in the capabilities of the appointees, Governor Lawal also charged them to work with utmost dedication, integrity and embrace innovation to reposition their respective agencies for the overall development of Zamfara State in line with the rescue agenda of his administration.
