The Sokoto State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Surajo Marafa-Gatawa is dead.
He was aged 63.
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto announced his death on Sunday in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Relations, Muhammad Bello.
Tambuwal said late Mafara-Gatawa passed away on Sunday after a brief illness.
According to the statement, the late commissioner, who was born on Sept. 15, 1957, was an astute politician.
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The deceased had served as a Councillor in Sabon Birni Local Government Area (1988-1989) and also Chairman of the same Council (1991-1993).
The statement further disclosed that Mafara-Gatawa had been a member of the House of Representatives for Isa/Sabon Birni Federal Constituency between 1999-2007
“During Gov. Tambuwal’s first tenure, he was the Commissioner for Social Welfare for four years, later he was moved to the last position he held until his death,” Bello stated.
He said that Mafara-Gatawa, survived by three wives and many children, had since been buried according to Islamic rites.
