Alhaji Usman Jidda Shuwa, the State Government’s most recent Secretary for Borno, has passed away.
Shuwa, who until May 28, is Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s SSG, passed away after a brief illness.
According to a family source, he passed on at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH, this evening.
Shuwa was a seasoned administrator with a long standing track record of working at both state and federal levels.
Born 1958, he died aged 65.
His burial arrangements will be announced by the state government.