WIKE APPOINTS GALADIMA SSA DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND PLANNING
By: Wisdom Acka
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, has appointed Town Planner Mukhtar Usman Galadima as the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Development Control and Planning.
This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday, 3rd December 2025, by the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka.
The statement describes Galadima as a seasoned town planner with over 30 years of experience in the FCTA Department of Development Control (Abuja Metropolitan Management Council) and Satellite Towns Development Department.
Galadima, who became the Director of the Department of Development Control in 2016, retired from the civil service last month.
He was a member of several ministerial committees, including the Abuja Masterplan Restoration Task Team and the Review of Revoked Titles and Change of Land Use, among others.
