Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has reshuffled the State Executive Council with the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, dropped on health grounds.
The governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, announced this in a statement on Thursday, December 12, 2024.
Dawakin-Tofa quoted Yusuf as saying that the rejig was in line with his administration’s desire to deliver on its promises to the people of Kano State.
The shake-up also saw the governor drop his Chief of Staff, Shehu Sagag, whose office was scrapped.
He said the first major reshuffle of his cabinet was with immediate effect.
“There is a need to ensure optimum performance that will drive more dividends of democracy to the people of Kano State,” Yusuf said.
Yusuf also removed some cabinet members and reassigned others to enhance administrative performance and retool.
Those who retained their positions were Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa Dederi; Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Danjuma Mahmoud; and Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran.
Also retained were Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, Abduljabbar Umar; Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Musa Shannon; and Commissioner for Works and Housing, Marwan Ahmad.
Others included Commissioner for Solid and Mineral Resources, Sefiyanu Hamza; Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Shiekh Ahmad Auwal; and Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Kwankwaso.
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Others retained by the governor were Commissioner for Investment and Commerce, Adamu Kibiya; and that of Internal Security and Special Services, retired Maj.-Gen. Mohammad Idris.
Those reassigned were Deputy Governor Aminu Abdulssalam who was moved from the Ministry of Local Government to Higher Education and Mohammad Usman who was moved from Science and Technology to the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
Dr Yusuf Kofar Mata was also moved from Higher Education to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Others reassigned included Amina Abdullahi who was moved from Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation to the Ministry for Women, Children and Disable; and Nasiru Sule Garo, from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change to the Ministry of Special Duties.
The Commissioner for Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Ibrahim Namadi, was moved to the Ministry of Transport, while Umar Haruna Doguwa of the Ministry of Education was reassigned to the Ministry of Water Resources.
Ali Haruna Makoda was also moved from Water Resources to the Ministry of Education, Aisha Lawal Saji was moved from the Ministry of Women, Children and Disable to Tourism and Culture, while Muhammad Diggol was moved from the Ministry of Transport to the Ministry of Project Monitoring and Evaluation.
Yusuf dropped five commissioners including Ibrahim Jibril Fagge of the Ministry of Finance, Ladidi Ibrahim Garko of Culture and Tourism, and Baba Dantiye of Information and Internal Affairs.
Also dropped were Shehu Yammedi of Special Duties and Abbas Sani Abbas of Rural and Community Development.
The governor directed the Chief of Staff and the five commissioners who were dropped to report to his office for possible reassignment.
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