By Chidera Orji
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has appointed Town Planner Mukhtar Usman Galadima as the Senior Special Assistant on Development Control and Planning.
A statement today Wednesday December 3, 2025 by the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka described Galadima, as a seasoned Town Planner, with over 30 years of experience in the FCTA Department of Development Control (Abuja Metropolitan Management Council) and Satellite Towns Development Agency.
Mukhtar Galadima, who became the Director, Department of Development Control in 2016, retired from the Civil Service last month.
He was a member of several ministerial committees, including the Abuja Masterplan Restoration Task Team, Review of Revoked Titles and Change of Land
Use.
The appointment takes immediate effect.