ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –
Barrister Ibrahim Kashim has been appointed by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, as the new Secretary to the State Government.
This is coming barely one week after the governor sacked his cabinet including the SSG, Sabi’u Baba, his Chief of Staff, Dr. Ladan Salihu, 21 commissioners and some special advisers.
He however, retained his Special Advisers on Security, National and State Assembly Liaison, Social Investment, and Media and Publicity.
NATIONAL ACCORD yesterday (Monday), reported that the governor appointed Dr. Aminu Gamawa, as the new Chief of Staff, Government House.
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the governor, Mukhtar Gidado who announced the appointment of the new SSG in a statement he signed and made available to journalists in Bauchi on Tuesday, said the appointment is with immediate effect.
Kashim who hails from Bauchi LGA attended many institutions in the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Gidado said that the appointee is a former lecturer at Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto and retired from active service as a Director in the Presidency in the Bureau fit Public Enterprises.
“Barrister Ibrahim Muhammad Kashim holds a LL. B, BL, LLM and Masters in Business Administration and various Post Graduate Certificates in Management, Administration and Economic Reform and Divestiture from many Institutions in United Kingdom and the United States.
“He hails from Bauchi Local Government Area of the state. He is a Legal Practitioner, a former Lecturer at Dan Fodio University Sokoto, a public servant and a policy expert.
“He retired in 2015 as a Director in the Presidency (Bureau for Public Enterprises) where he headed various departments and acted as the Director General,” he said.
According to him, Kashim, upon retirement, ran a Consultancy Outfit known as Kauthar Resources Nig. Ltd and had consulted for various transport sector committees of both houses of the National Assembly, House Committee on Commercialisation and Privatisation and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council.
He added that he is a registered member of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), a Non-profit, non–partisan private sector led think tank with a mandate to promote and champion the reform of the Nigerian economy into an open, globally competitive economy.
Gidado said: “In 2020, Barrister Kashim was appointed as the Pioneer Director General, Bauchi State Bureau for Privatisation and Economic Reforms, an agency set up pursuant to the current Government of Bala Mohammed’s resolve to reform, restructure and grow the economy of the State.
“During which period he served in various committees and initiated many reforms program in the state.
“Until his appointment, he was the immediate past Director General Bureau for Privatisation and Economic Reforms.”
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