President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday administered the oath of workplace to Dr. Muttaqha Rabe Darma as the brand new minister of housing and concrete growth from Katsina State, following his Senate clearance.
He changed Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, who lately resigned.
President Tinubu, on the quick ceremony on the State Home, congratulated Dr Darma for approaching board at this “very difficult time of nationwide growth.
“You’ve got a really wealthy and attention-grabbing background. As a frontrunner, we want competent palms like yours.
“There isn’t a doubt that you’ve rendered helpful companies in all of the assignments you may have embarked upon; You’re a becoming peg in the appropriate place,” he mentioned.
The President advised him to be able to serve in any capability by which he’s referred to as upon.
Dr Darma is a distinguished Nigerian scholar, administrator, and growth skilled who holds a Physician of Enterprise Administration diploma from the College of Liverpool and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Atlantic Worldwide College, USA.
He graduated with a Bachelor’s diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Bayero College, Kano, and later earned a Grasp’s in Manufacturing Engineering from the College of Benin.
A member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and the Nigerian Institute of Administration, Dr Darma served as Govt Secretary of the Petroleum Expertise Improvement Fund from 2008 to 2012. Thereafter, he held key positions, together with Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport, and Commissioner for Rural and Social Improvement in Katsina State, amongst others.
He has additionally contributed to academia as a lecturer at Bayero College, Kano.
He’s broadly printed within the areas of governance and growth.
Earlier than this appointment, he was the President of the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Human Improvement Centre in Katsina.