Who is Maigari Dingyadi?
Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi is currently (2022) the Minister of Police Affairs. He was born in 1953 in Dingyadi, Sokoto State.
He was appointed on August 19, 2019, by Muhammed Buhari’s administration.
Deducing from his year of birth, he would be 69-year-old in 2022.
Education
Dingyadi had his Secondary Education at the Government College, Sokoto. He proceeded to the Basic of Basic Studies where he had a 2-year course.
His tertiary education was at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he graduated in 1978.
Political Career
He was a former House of Representatives member representing the Bodinga Federal Constituency in Sokoto.
Dingyadi had also worked at the Sokoto state ministries of education and water resources, as a civil servant.
During his time in the Education Ministry, he served one time as the Secretary to the Sokoto State Government and Chairman National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE).
Marriage and Family
Dingyadi is married with 7 children.
Controversy
His appointment as the Minister of Police Affairs has been criticised by some experts because according to them, he doesn’t possess any certification in security matters.
In a write-up, one Ahmed Musa Gidadawa slammed Dingyadi whose CV contains not even a single certificate on security matters but was given the chance to steer the affairs of the Ministry of Police under Buhari’s administration, that every day, gunmen killed dozens of people in a wave of attacks in Sokoto the home town of the said Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi.
In his defence, another one Bello Abdulazeez said to mention but few, as part of the Dingyadi’s qualification, when he was a permanent secretary in Sokoto State civil service in 1991, he was posted to head the Careers and Special Services Department in SSG office where among other duties he served as Secretary to the State Security Council and involved in not only relating with all the security agencies but also assisting in managing the security of the state.
He was claimed to have become a very central member of the State Security Council when he was appointed as SSG in 1999. At the time, he was saddled with the responsibility of assisting the then governor in coordinating the management of security services in the state.
Net worth
There is no official report or reputable third party net worth estimator to quantify his wealth
Disclaimer
The information in this article was curated from online sources. All details cannot be independently verified by NewsWireNGR or its editorial team.
Always visit NewsWireNGR for latest naija news and updated naija breaking news.
NewsWireNGR Latest News in Nigeria
Send Us A Press Statement/News Tips on 9ja Happenings: [email protected]
Advertise With Us: [email protected]
