Key gubernatorial appointments beyond the cabinet — agency heads, security commanders, and judiciary appointments — and how they've performed.
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Office of the Deputy Governor · Borno (North-East) · Appointed May 2019
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Has served as Deputy Governor since Zulum's first inauguration in May 2019 and was re-elected alongside him in 2023. Has twice acted as Governor during Zulum's absences — a 21-day vacation in April 2021 and a Hajj trip in June-July 2024 — and assented to the ₦892.4bn 2026 budget in his acting capacity.
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Office of the SSG · Borno (North-East) · Appointed July 2023
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A former federal Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, appointed Secretary to the Borno State Government for Zulum's second term.
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Government House · Borno (North-East) · Appointed 2023
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Reappointed as Chief of Staff for Zulum's second term beginning May 2023.
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Borno State Emergency Management Agency · Borno (North-East) · Appointed July 2023
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Previously Executive Secretary/Programme Manager of the Borno State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS and Malaria, appointed to lead the state's central humanitarian-response and IDP-resettlement coordination agency.
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Borno State University, Maiduguri · Borno (North-East) · Appointed April 2024
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Approved by Governor Zulum on the recommendation of the university's governing council; previously served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at Bayero University, Kano.