Buhari Appoints Katsina Governor’s Chief Of Staff, Dikko Umaru SMEDAN CEO

President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda, the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Katsina State, as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN).

According to a statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation signed by Bolaji Adebiyi, Director, press, the appointment, which takes immediate effect, is for a period of five years.

Dr. Radda graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Economics and Extension from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, in 1996.

He also obtained two Master’s Degrees in Agricultural Extension and in International Affairs and Diplomacy; and also his Ph.d in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, all from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, between 1998 and 2015.

He was a former Teacher, Banker and Local Government Chairman in Katsina state.