 He was re-elected as PNDS Secretary-General at the party's Fifth Ordinary Congress, held on 18 July 2009.After Mahamadou Issoufou won the January–March 2011 presidential election and took office as President on 7 April 2011, Gado was appointed to the government as Minister of Mines and Energy on 21 April 2011.He took over the ministry from his predecessor, Djibo Salamatou Gourouza Magagi, on 23 April 2011.