The Sokoto Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Arzika Tureta, has died at the age of 62, after a protracted illness.
Governor Aminu Tambuwal disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
It was gathered that the deceased passed on in the early hours of Monday at the Usmanu Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUS).
“With submission to the will of Allah, on behalf of the government and good people of Sokoto State, I hereby announce the death of our Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Muhammad Arzika Tureta (1959-2021).
“Honourable Tureta, who had variously served as Commissioner in…
