Hon Mohammed Tajo Othman
Commissioner, Ministry for Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs
Biography
Mohammed Tajo Othman is a Nigerian politician, Academic and retired Assistant Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service[1] who is currently serving as a Commissioner, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations, Kano State since 2023, he was appointed by His Excellency the Executive Governor of Kano State Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf
Mohammed Tajo began his career as Library Officer in 1977 at the then Gumel Advace Teachers College. In 1982 Mohammed Tajo Moved to Kano State Institute for Higher Education, as Senior Librarian and in 1987 he moved Kano State Polytechnic as Principal Librarian and left as acting Chief Librarian in the year 1987 when he Joined Nigeria Customs Service where he stated career as Assistant Comptroller and ritired on 22nd June 2012 as Assistant Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service and entered politics.
Mohammed Tajo was appointed as Special Adviser to Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso between 2012 and 2015. After the 2023 Nigerian general election Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf the Executive Governor of Kano State Appointed Tajo as Commissioner Ministry of science, Technology and Innovations
Education
2022
Master of Information Science
Ahmad Bello University, Zaria
1982
Bachelor of Library Science
Ahmad Bello University, Zaria
1986
Certificate in Information Technology
Universities of Sheffield, London
1974
West African Examination Council Certificate (WAEC)
Government Secondary School, Kazaure