Kano: Gov Yusuf names Tahir Solicitor-General, sends two commissioner nominees for confirmation
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has approved the appointment of Barrister Salisu Muhammad Tahir as the new Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice.
Until his appointment, Barrister Tahir served as the Director of Public Prosecution at the State Ministry of Justice, where he distinguished himself in service delivery.
In the same vein, the Governor forwarded the names of two distinguished nominees to the Kano State House of Assembly for confirmation as Honourable Commissioners and members of the state executive council.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, on Saturday.
The nominees are Barrister Abdulkarim Kabir Maude, SAN designate, from Minjibir Local Government Area, who is set to have his investiture as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria at the Supreme Court tomorrow.
A 40-year-old Maude is a promising, charismatic, and ingenious lawyer who graduated with a degree in Law from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of Nigeria.
Barr. Maude has versatile experience that cuts across office administration, court proceedings, client relations, legal drafting, corporate practice, and property management. He served as the Kano head of chambers of a famous law firm in Nigeria and has been practicing for over a decade.
He holds an LLM in International Economic Law from Maryam Abacha American University of Niger, a Master’s in Business Commercial Law from Bayero University, Kano, a BL from the Nigerian Law School, Abuja, and an LLB (Hons.) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Also nominated is Dr. Aliyu Isa Aliyu, an Associate Professor of Allied Mathematics with extensive academic and administrative experience.
He obtained his B.Sc. in Mathematics from Bayero University, Kano, his M.Sc. in Mathematics from the Jordan University of Science and Technology, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Firat University in Turkey.
Dr. Aliyu began his academic career at the Federal University Dutse in 2014, rising through the ranks to become a Senior Lecturer and later Associate Professor at North West University, Kano.
He enriched his expertise as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Sun Yat-Sen University in China and as an Associate Adjunct Researcher at the Near East University in Cyprus.
Since 2023, he has been serving as the Statistician-General/Director General of the Kano State Bureau of Statistics.
A 41-year-old Dr. Aliyu is one of the global leading researchers in mathematics and is among the beneficiaries of the Kwankwasiyya foreign scholarship. He also served as the Financial Secretary of the NNPP Kano State Chapter.
The Head of Service has been directed to ensure all administrative processes are concluded for his formal assumption of duty by Monday, 29th September 2025.
