BREAKING: Borno loses immediate past SSG, Shuwa

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BY INRAHIM ABDULHAMID, JUNE 3, 2023, 6:22 PM


Alhaji Usman Jidda Shuwa, Borno's immediate past secretary to state government, is dead.

Shuwa, who until May 28, is Gov. Baba Umara Zulum's SSG passed away after a brief illness.

He passed on at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH, this evening.

Shuwa is a seasoned administrator with a long standing track record of working at both state and federal levels.

Born 1958, he died aged 65. He was a graduate of the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, ABU Zaria, where he studied Law.

He started out his career at the Government of Borno State in 1981 and later as a lecturer at the Mohammed Goni College of Legal and Islamic Studies, MOGOLIS.

In 1996, he joined the federal civil service where he cut his teeth as an administrator.

He was first appointed as the SSG in 2015 by Senator Kashim Shettima, who is now Nigeria’s vice president.

Shuwa was also reappointed into the same office by Governor Zulum in 2019, where he served until last month.


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