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Engineer Aminu Usman (Hon. Commissioner)

Born in 1963, a certified Electrical Engineer, Alhaji Aminu Usman was until his appointment as commissioner of Works and Transport, the Managing Director of Socar Talamiz Limited in Lagos but before joining the company he worked with the Federal Housing Authority where he was given various assignments in Lagos and Abuja, the last been the Project Manager of the multi Billion Naira Gwarinpa Housing scheme, Abuja.

An indigene of Gumel Local Government area, Alhaji Aminu Usman from 1982 to 2008 went through the Kano state Polytechnic (School of Technology), Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, the Bayero University, Kano and the Certified Institute of Shipping of Nigeria, Lagos to obtain his qualifications .

A widely travelled and married man with children, the new commissioner held various ad hoc assignments in his places of work and political parties including memberships of the state Transition committee and the state contracts validation and verification committee as well as served as the secretary Transition committee for works and Transport

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Engr. Datti Ahmed (Permanent Secretary)

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MISSION: To ensure and also maintain a viable, efficient and effective road transport system in the State.

• To Construct and Maintain of Government Infrastructure (e.g Roads, Asphalt Concrete Overlay and Buildings across the State
• Supply, Installation and Maintenance of both Mechanical and Electrical Machines and Tools requirements by Agencies of the State.
• Providing professional Advice on newly acquired machinery, sets equipments and Tools.

DEPARTMENTS AND FUNCTIONS

Department of Building

Building Department is one of the functional components of the State Ministry of Works and Transport. It has been in existence since the creation of the State in August, 1991.
This Department comprises of professionals on Building and Construction Industries especially Architects, Builders, Quantity Surveyors, Estate Surveyors, Technicians, Craftsmen, Attendants and Laborers.

The main function of the Department is to represent the state government in the actualization of its Building Construction and Maintenance Programmes.

• Feasibility studies/report of Government Building Project Proposals.
• Architectural works
• Quantity surveying
• Building production management
• General maintenance of Public Buildings
• Estate management
• Office consultancy services to State Government Agencies and Local Governments
• Training of Technicians and Craftsmen.

Responsibilities undertaken by the Department since the creation of the state in the year 1991 to date also include the following.

• General repairs, renovation and furnishing of Government buildings
• Construction of 1060 No Junior Staff Houses
• Construction of 95 NO intermediate Staff Houses
• Construction of Government Guest House
• Extension of Commissioner's Lodge
• Construction of New Government House.
• Governor's/Deputy Governor's Lodge at Abuja
• 13 numbers Commissioner’s residence
• 3 Star Hotel
• Senior staff Houses, Modern Abattoir, Legislative House, General renovation of Old Secretariat and General renovation of Old Secretariat.
• Office Extension, Up grading of warehouse

Department of Mechanical/Electrical

• Light and Heavy Vehicle maintenance.
• Street Light Construction and maintenance in Emirate Head Quarters.
• Electrical maintenance in Public Buildings i.e. Old and New Secretariat, House of Assembly Complex, Government House, Cabinet Office etc.
• Supervision of Capital Projects (Electricity Supply)
• Design and Costing of Electrical Works in Building Construction in including A/C and refrigeration.
• Purchase/Installation assessing vehicles, Generating Sets and Earth moving plants and equipment for Government agencies.
• Departmental Trade Test for Mechanical/Electrical Craftsmen.

Department of Planning Research/Statistics

• Articulating objectives and set targets for the Ministry with focus on monitoring and evaluation activities
• Articulating modalities for the implementation of new system introduced to ensure effectiveness in the Ministry.
• Assisting in removing the major weaknesses in the management and operational systems in the Ministry.
• Coordinating progress reports from other departments and keeping custody of same
• It serves as ministerial budget secretariat there by working in collaboration with other departments for immediate and long term plans for development.
• It also serves as secretariat for budget ministerial tender board.
• It operates as a special department in rendering extra ministerial function.
• It coordinates with relevant organization and institution on matters related to planning, research, statistics and data management particularly by the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.
• The department has standard soil material testing laboratory that take care of both Government and Private organizations that are involved in engineering construction as well as agricultural research.