El-Rufai names Sanusi into KADIPA board

KADUNA, Nigeria – Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has appointed Muhammad Sanusi II into the board of the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA).

The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr Hadiza Balarabe will chair the board while Muhammadu Sanusi II will be   Vice-Chairman.

In a statement, the Kaduna State Government said the appointment of Sanusi is part of the reconstitution of the board of KADIPA, which is statutorily chaired by the Deputy Governor.

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Other board members of KADIPA are the Director-General of Kaduna Geographic Information System(KADGIS), Altine Jibrin, Muhammad Hafiz Bayero, the Managing Director of Kaduna Market Development and Management Company, Farida Dankaka and Umma Aboki, the Executive Secretary of KADIPA.

Others include Malam Balarabe Abbas Lawal, the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Jimi Lawal, Senior Adviser and Counsellor and Aisha Dikko, the Attorney General of Kaduna State.

The KADIPA board also has as members Head of Service, Hajiya Bariatu Yusuf Mohammed, Commissioner of Business, Innovation and Technology, Idris Nyam, Commissioner of Housing and Urban Development, Fausat Ibikunle and Commissioner, Planning and Budget Commission, Thomas Gyang.

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“Kaduna State hopes to benefit from the profile, experience, intellect and networks of His Highness, Muhammad Sanusi, who before becoming Emir, had built a solid reputation in global financial circles”, Special Adviser on Media and Communication to the Governor, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye said in the statement.

“Malam Nasir El-Rufai said that Kaduna State is honoured to be able to call on the services of a man of such calibre to drive its development,’’ the statement added.

KADIPA  was established in 2015, and has  led the investment drive of the state and anchored implementation of the Ease of Doing Business Charter that earned Kaduna State recognition as the Number One place for doing business in Nigeria.

Governor El-Rufai has expressed his gratitude to members of the reconstituted board of KADIPA for agreeing to serve.