Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has approved the appointment of Dr. Suraj Sulaiman as the new Statistician-General and Director-General of the Kano State Bureau of Statistics.
This was contained in a statement issued in Kano by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa.
According to the statement, the appointment takes immediate effect, following the elevation of the former Statistician-General, Associate Professor Aliyu Isa Aliyu, to the position of Commissioner for Livestock Development.
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Governor Yusuf directed that the formal handover and takeover ceremony be conducted between Monday and Friday this week.
The statement described Dr. Sulaiman as an accomplished academic and mathematician with vast experience in research, teaching, and statistical analysis.
Dr. Sulaiman obtained his PhD in Mathematics from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor Bahru, between 2015 and 2018, with a doctoral thesis titled “New Method of Computing the Projective Polynomial Resultant Based on Dixon, Jouanolou and Jacobian Matrices.”
He also holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey (2012–2014), and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil (2006–2010). Before that, he earned a Diploma in Mathematics Education from the College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies, Kano, in 2006.
Governor Yusuf congratulated Dr. Sulaiman on his appointment and expressed confidence that his wealth of experience would help reposition the Bureau for greater efficiency.
He reiterated his administration’s commitment to promoting data-driven governance, noting that accurate and reliable statistics are essential for effective planning, transparency, and sustainable development in the state.