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

The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Wednesday by Wike’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka.

Lere described Galadima, as a seasoned Town Planner, with over 30 years of experience in the FCTA Department of Development Control, noted that the appointment takes immediate effect.

Mukhtar Galadima, who became the Director, Department of Development Control in 2016, retired from the Civil Service in November this year.

He was a member of several ministerial committees, including the Abuja Masterplan Restoration Task Team, Review of Revoked Titles and Change of Land Use.