A political earthquake occurred in Kano State on Thursday as Governor, Abba Yusuf fired his Chief of Staff, Shehu Sagagi, and scrapped the office from the administration’s organogram....TAP TO READ THE FULL CONTENT | TAP TO READ THE FULL CONTENT
Not only that, the governor also dropped the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Abdullahi Bichi, on health grounds.
The significant cabinet reshuffle, the first in the life of the administration, also affects key positions within the state government.
Spokesman to the Governor, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, saying the cabinet shake-up takes immediate effect.
According to Dawakin-Tofa, Governor Abba Yusuf said the move was to enable optimum performance that will deliver more dividends of democracy to the good people of Kano State.
According to Dawakin-Tofa, the governor removed the affected cabinet members and reassigned others to enhance administrative performance and political retool.
Hear the spokesman: “Those who retained their positions are Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa Dederi, Commissioner for Agriculture; Dr Danjuma Mahmoud, Commissioner for Health; Dr. Abubakar Labaran, Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, Abduljabbar Mohammed Umar, Commissioner for Budget and Planning Musa Shannon and Commissioner for Works and Housing Engr. Marwan Ahmad.
Others who retained their positions are: ”Commissioner for Solid and Mineral Resources, Sefiyanu Hamza, Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Shiekh Ahmad Tijani Auwal, Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso, Commissioner for Investment and Commerce, Adamu Aliyu Kibiya and that of Internal Security and Special Services, Major General Mohammad Inuwa Idris Rtd.”
It added that those reassigned are the ”Deputy Governor, Aminu Abdulssalam, who was moved from the Ministry of Local Government to Higher Education, Hon. Mohammad Tajo Usman, who moved from Science and Technology to the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and Dr. Yusuf Ibrahim Kofar Mata, who moved from Higher Education to Science, Technology and Innovation.”
Also reassigned are ”Amina Abdullahi from Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation to the Ministry for Women, Children and Disabled, and Nasiru Sule Garo from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change to the Ministry of Special Duties.”
The Commissioner for Project Monitory and Evaluation, Ibrahim Namadi, moved to the Ministry of Transport, while Umar Haruna Doguwa of the Ministry of Education was moved to the Ministry of Water Resources.
Also on the list of those reassigned are: Ali Haruna Makoda, who was moved from Water Resources to the Ministry of Education; Aisha Lawal Saji from the Ministry of Women, Children and Disability to Tourism and Culture; and Muhammad Diggol from Transport to the Ministry of Project Monitoring and Evaluation.
”Meanwhile, Yusuf has dropped five members of his cabinet, including Ibrahim Jibril Fagge of Finance Ministry, Ladidi Ibrahim Garko, Culture and Tourism; Baba Halilu Dantiye, Information and Internal Affairs; Shehu Aliyu Yammedi, Special Duties and Abbas Sani Abbas, Rural and Community Development.
”Also, the governor has directed the chief of staff and the five commissioners who have been dropped to report to the office of the governor for possible reassignment.”
