The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Aminu Aliyu Bisalla, has been named the new Dallatun Zazzau Suleja.
The Emir of Zazzau Suleja, Malam Muhammad Awwal Ibrahim confirmed the appointment of Dallatu title on Mr. Aminu Aliyu Bisalla in a letter dated April 20, 2018.
The appointment letter was signed by Aliyu N. Saidu on behalf of the Suleja Emirate Council.
Until his recent appointment, Mr. Aminu Aliyu Bisalla, a prince of the Zazzau Suleja emirate, was the Sarkin Bai Zazzau.
Born on July 23, 1959 in Suleja, Suleja Local Government of Niger State, Aminu Aliyu Bisalla, attended Anguwar Gayan Primary School in Suleja from 1965 to 1971, Government Secondary School Zungeru from 1972 to 1976, Zungeru College of Advanced Studies from 1977 to 1978, University of Sokoto from 1979 to 1983 and Bayero University, Kano, from 1996 to 1998.
After his National Youth Service Corps in 1984, he was retained and employed by the Niger State College of Education as a lecturer/head of Business Education Department from where he left in 1988 to join the banking sector. He served with Savannah Bank, Commerce and United Bank for Africa.
The professionalization of the Civil Service in 1999 brought in Aminu Aliyu Bisalla along with others as Chief Accountant in the pool of the Accountant-General of the Federation in the year 2000.
He was appointed Executive Director of Finance and Account with Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (NEMA) between 2006 and 2009, and also served as Director of Administration and Finance at the National Bio-technology Development Agency and the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria.
He was appointed Permanent Secretary in September 2014 and deployed to the Police Service Commission.
At the inception of the current administration, Aminu Aliyu Bisalla was among the Permanent Secretaries retained and was redeployed to the Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment and later Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs.
