ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed of Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda as the Director-General/CEO of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). The appointment, which takes immediate effect, is for a period of five years.
Until his new appointment, Radda was chief of staff to Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State.
Dr. Radda graduated with a degree in agricultural economics and extension from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi in 1996. He obtained two master’s degrees in agricultural extension and in international affairs and diplomacy; and also his doctorate in agricultural extension and rural sociology, all from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, between 1998 and 2015.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″]
According to a statement made available to Sundiata Post and signed by Bolaji Adebiyi, director of press, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Radda has been a teacher, banker and local government chairman at different times.