The Zamfara State Government on Sunday
announced Alhaji Muhammadu Bawa as the
18th Emir of Tsafe Emirate Council.
The State
Commissioner for Local Government and
Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Muttaka Rini, made
the announcement in Gusau, the state
capital.
Bawa replaced the former Emir Alhaji Habibu
Aliyu who died on Wednesday at the
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching
Hospital, Sokoto after a brief illness.
Until his appointment, Bawa was the
Chairman, State Community and Social
Development Projects. Bawa started as a
secondary school teacher and became a
principal of various government secondary
schools in old Sokoto State.
He then joined the Petroleum Equalisation
Trust Fund as Executive Secretary where he
resigned to become the Chairman of the
state CSDP.