Jigawa head of service Ali-Kila retires, Dagaceri steps in

Jigawa Head of Service (HoS), Alhaji Hussaini Ali-Kila, has retired after clocking 35 years in service and promptly Governor Umar A. Namadi named Muhammad Dagaceri as successor.

Secretary to the State Government, Malam Bala Ibrahim said Dagaceri was the Permanent Secretary, Directorate of Establishment and Service Matters, office of the Head of the Civil Service.

Alhaji Ismail Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer (PRO), Office of the HoS in Dutse, who earlier announced Ali-Kila’s retirement, said Ali-Kila rose to the top of the Civil Service from 1988 when he entered as an Education Officer in the old Kano state.

The retired HoS served in virtually all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government.

“This offered him deep and rich exposure to virtually all facets of public administration.

“His personal integrity, drive, resourcefulness and dedication was usually sought after to handle sensitive assignments that required these qualities to bear.

“The outgoing Head of the Civil Service was Permanent Secretary in July, 2011. He also served as Clerk of the Jigawa State House of Assembly between 2015 and 2017.

“The Administration of former Gov. Muhammad Badaru saw in him some inherent qualities and appointed him as Head of Service in 2018 and the present Administration of Gov. Umar Namadi retained him to help stabilise the new administration,” he said.

The PRO added that Ali-Kila graduated from the Nigerian Languages Department at the Bayero University Kano in 1987.