Borno’s Former SSG, Shuwa, Dies Days After Leaving Office

The immediate past Secretary to the Borno State Government, Alhaji Usman Jidda Shuwa is dead.

Shuwa, who until May 28, is Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s SSG, passed away after a brief illness.

According to a family source, he passed on at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH, Saturday evening.

Shuwa was a seasoned administrator with a long standing track record of working at both state and federal levels.

Shuwa was born in 1958, and died in 2023, aged 65 years.

His burial arrangements will be announced by the state government.