The Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has approved with immediate effect, the appointment of Maxwell Gidado as his new Chief of Staff.

This is contained in a press release signed by the Director-General, Media and Communications, Solomon Kumangar, and made available to newsmen on Monday in Yola, Adamawa State.
According to the statement, “Professor Maxwell Gidado brings to the job over 30 years of experience in lecturing and public service.

“Until his appointment, he was the Dean, Faculty of Law, Nasarawa State University.”

Gidado held same position under former governor of the state, James Ngillari who incidentally was sacked and replaced by Fintiri as Acting Governor shortly before the 2015 elections.