The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has named Town Planner Mukhtar Usman Galadima as his Senior Special Assistant on Development Control and Planning.

Wike described Galadima as an experienced Town Planner with over 30 years of service in the FCTA Department of Development Control (Abuja Metropolitan Management Council) and the Satellite Towns Development Agency.

According to a statement by Wike’s spokesman, Lere Olayinka, Galadima, who was appointed Director of the Department of Development Control in 2016, retired from the Civil Service last month.

“He has served on several ministerial committees, including the Abuja Masterplan Restoration Task Team and panels on Review of Revoked Titles and Change of Land,” the statement added.

The appointment is effective immediately.