SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, (THEWILL) – The National Centre for Women Development, Abuja, has announced the death of its Acting Director-General, Alhaji Abdulmalik Dauda.
This was confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja by Mohammed Aliyu, Protocol Officer to the Director-General.
Aliyu said Dauda died on Friday in an auto crash along Abuja-Kaduna expressway while returning from an official assignment.
The deceased took over from Ms Onyeka Onwenu on February 16, 2016, following the removal of 26 heads of government agencies and parastatals.
Born Aug. 27, 1959, in Niger state, Dauda was survived by two wives and five children.
Aliyu revealed that the remains of Dauda had been buried according to Islamic rites in his home town in Niger.
