Tambuwal Mourns As Another Commissioner Dies

• Tambuwal’s Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Alhaji Usman Suleiman has been confirmed dead.

• The Sokoto philanthropist died at the age of 72.

• He died in the late hours of Friday.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Sokoto State Executive Council and Commissioner for Religious Affairs Alhaji Usman Suleiman Ɗanmadamin Isa is dead.

Late Danmadamin Isa died in the late hours of Friday at Usumanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital after a brief illness.

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Until his death, the late Usman Suleiman Isa was a former State PDP Chairman, a former commissioner for Works and Transport, a former Commissioner for Rural Development as well as Commissioner for Religious Affairs, the office he occupied until his death.

He was also before his death, the Chairman, Chief Executive of USDANIS Nigeria Limited, USDANIS Petroleum Resources limited and Aminci Bureau De – Change.

He was a very hardworking and devoted Muslim which earn him the attention of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to deploy him to the state Ministry for Religious Affairs as Commissioner in charge of the Ministry.

In a statement signed and made available to journalists by the state Commissioner for information Hon. Muhammad Akibu Dalhatu, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, (Mutawallen Sokoto) who is on a working visit to Abuja has since sent a condolence message to the people of the state and family of the late Commissioner.

The Governor in the message however prayed to Allah to forgive the deceased and grant his soul eternal rest and his immediate family and the good people of Sokoto State the courage to bear the great loss.

He said the passing on of such an important personality is a great loss to the state especially now that his services are needed the most.

Late Danmadamin Isa died and left behind two wives with many children and grandchildren, among his children is Alhaji Jamilu Usman Danmadamin Isa, a successful businessman in the state.

The deceased funeral prayer has since been conducted at his residence in the Polo Club area Sokoto, may his soul rest in peace amin.

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This is the fifth Commissioner who lost his life under the Tambuwal administration.

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