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Sakinatu Idris is Kaduna Assembly Clerk

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has approved the appointment of Sakinatu Hassan Idris as the new Clerk of the State House of Assembly.

This was made known via a statement issued on Tuesday, June 6, by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Muhammad Shehu.

Shehu noted that the appointment was sequel to the receipt by Governor Sani of the report of the Assembly Service Commission on the “Examination and Processes for Appointment of Clerk to the Legislature”.

He quoted Sani as urging Idris to use her wealth of experience to reposition the Kaduna Assembly and make it a model in Nigeria, adding that the governor wished the new Clerk Allah’s guidance in the discharge of her assignment.

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Idris is a seasoned lawyer, a National Productivity Award winner, a civil servant, and long-standing election observer.

Before her appointment, she was the Acting Director, Legislative Drafting Department, Kaduna State House of Assembly, Deputy Director, Legislative Drafting Department, Kaduna State House of Assembly.

From 2016 to 2018, she was the Company Secretary, Kaduna State Market Development and Management Company Limited.

From 2004 to 2016, Sakinatu Idris headed the Kaduna State Rent Tribunal. She was later appointed the Company Secretary of Kaduna State Market Development and Management Company Limited, a position she held from 2016-2018.

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