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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). The appointment, which takes immediate effect, is for a period of five years, Bolaji Adebiyi, Director (Press), Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said in a statement issued in Abuja.
Dr. Radda graduated with a Bachelor’s 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 Ph.D in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, all from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, between 1998 and 2015.
A former teacher, banker and local government chairman, Dr. Radda until his new appointment, was the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Katsina State.
