Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has announced the death of his Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Muhammad Arzika Tureta (1959-2021).
Hon. Tureta, who had variously served as Commissioner in the state before his last appointment, battled with protracted illness recently before his death Sunday night.
An agricultural entrepreneur, administrator and politician, he attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he bagged a Bachelor of Education.
He was a member of the Sokoto State House of Assembly (SOHA) under the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) and member of the House of Representatives for Bodinga/ Dange-Shuni/Tureta Federal Constituency on the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He was also the State Chairman of the PDP in Sokoto State
He will be buried today at his home town of Lambar Tureta in Sokoto State.
“May Allah grant him eternal rest and Aljanna Firdaus. Amin,” Tambuwal prayed in a statement.
