Taking office in March 1976, he brought a team of experienced civil servants from Maiduguri to establish the new state's administration.

He found a state with no electricity and limited water supply from boreholes, and made improving this basic infrastructure his first priority.

[2] In December 1983, while Kaliel was on leave from the Brigade of Guards, a coup resulted in Major-General Muhammadu Buhari becoming head of state.

[2] In January 2001, he met the Zamfara State Governor, Ahmed Sani Yerima, who told him that Gusau Dam could dry up soon, and asked the Federal Government to transfer water from the Bakolori Dam to the state capital, Gusau.

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