A former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Malam Adamu Maazam Fika, is dead. He served in that capacity from 1986 until he retired from the Federal Public Service in 1988.
Fika, who was also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arewa Consultative Forum, was 90 years old.
He was said to have died on Tuesday night while being flown back home from the United Kingdom, where he went for medical treatment. The aircraft landed in Kaduna State.
The Acting Secretary, Fika Emirate Council, Potiskum, Alhaji Ali Gimba Fika, said the former SGF would be buried at the Sultan Bello, Kaduna around 4pm Wednesday.
“Burial is Wednesday, 25th October 2023, at Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna, Kaduna state, immediately after Asar prayers (around 4:00 pm)”, the statement read.
Decorated in 1992 by then military President Ibrahim Babangida as Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), he was the Waziri of Fika and was awarded Doctor of Letters by the Bayero University, Kano in February 1992.
He was the first Chairman of the Salaries and Wages Commission (September 1992 – March 1993) and pioneer Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (December 1995 – March 2001).
