Kaduna Redeploys Solicitor-General As Deputy Chief Of Staff

Kaduna State Government has redeployed the Solicitor-General and
Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, Mr. Chris Umar, to
the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative Matters to
Governor Nasir el-Rufai.

A statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and
Communication, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye, on Wednesday, noted that “This
is the fifth position in which the versatile Mr. Umar will be
serving since he joined the Kaduna State Government as Special
Adviser Legal Matters in 2015.”

The statement recalled that Umar had been Acting Secretary/Legal
Adviser of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service and Deputy
Chief of Staff to ex-Deputy Governor Barnabas Yusuf Bala before his
deployment as Solicitor-General/Permanent Secretary at the Ministry
of Justice during el-Rufai first term.

“Chris Umar has two decades of post-call experience spanning
private practice, consultancy, and public service,” the Special
Adviser said.

According to him, the new Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative
Matters earned his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of
Abuja, before joining Emmanuel Toro and Company, a foremost legal
firm in 2003, where he rose to become the Head of the Abuja office
in 2014.

Adekeye said that Umar “has a master’s degree in Industrial and
Labour Relations from Kaduna State University, a Certificate of
Proficiency in Alternative Dispute Resolution, and a Certificate in
Legislative Drafting from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies,
University of London.

“In addition to being a member of the Nigeria Bar Association
(NBA), Mr Umar is also a member of the Commonwealth Association of
Legislative Drafters, Association of Professional Negotiators and
Mediators and the Chartered Institute of Arbitration, United
Kingdom,” he said.

The statement further said that the “new Deputy Chief of Staff
Legislative Matters has attended the Adaptive Leadership course of
the Harvard Kennedy School.”

Kaduna State Government has redeployed the Solicitor-General and
Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, Mr. Chris Umar, to
the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative Matters to
Governor Nasir el-Rufai.

A statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and
Communication, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye, on Wednesday, noted that “This
is the fifth position in which the versatile Mr. Umar will be
serving since he joined the Kaduna State Government as Special
Adviser Legal Matters in 2015.”

The statement recalled that Umar had been Acting Secretary/Legal
Adviser of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service and Deputy
Chief of Staff to ex-Deputy Governor Barnabas Yusuf Bala before his
deployment as Solicitor-General/Permanent Secretary at the Ministry
of Justice during el-Rufai first term.

“Chris Umar has two decades of post-call experience spanning
private practice, consultancy, and public service,” the Special
Adviser said.

According to him, the new Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative
Matters earned his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of
Abuja, before joining Emmanuel Toro and Company, a foremost legal
firm in 2003, where he rose to become the Head of the Abuja office
in 2014.

Adekeye said that Umar “has a master’s degree in Industrial and
Labour Relations from Kaduna State University, a Certificate of
Proficiency in Alternative Dispute Resolution, and a Certificate in
Legislative Drafting from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies,
University of London.

“In addition to being a member of the Nigeria Bar Association
(NBA), Mr Umar is also a member of the Commonwealth Association of
Legislative Drafters, Association of Professional Negotiators and
Mediators and the Chartered Institute of Arbitration, United
Kingdom,” he said.

The statement further said that the “new Deputy Chief of Staff
Legislative Matters has attended the Adaptive Leadership course of
the Harvard Kennedy School.”