Niger state Governor, Malam Abubakar Sani Bello, has appointed Alhaji Shehu Umar Danyaya, a retired Civil Servant, as Secretary to the State Government (SSG.)

Others appointed are Mikhail Al-Amin Bmitosahi, a former member of the House of Representatives as Chief of Staff while Dr. Ibraheem Dooba, a teacher and a columnist with the Daily Trust was also appointed as the Chief Press Secretary and Haruna Mamman Vatsa as the Director of Protocol and Yusuf Waili as the senior special assistant, timekeeping and schedule.

These appointments are with immediate effect.

The new SSG has spent many years in the public sector both in Niger State and Abuja; while the new chief of staff was the Campaign Director General (DG) for Governor Abubakar Sani Bello. Dr. Ibraheem Dooba on the other hand worked as a member of the media team during the campaign. He has a Ph.D. in Information Technology and attended courses at Harvard University, London School of Journalism and some universities in Malaysia.