The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has announced a major reshuffle of the state executive council to effect the pragmatic political realignment of his administration.
In a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, on Thursday, Yusuf disclosed that the first major rejig of his cabinet will take immediate effect.
According to the statement, the governor maintained the much-awaited decision finally came to enable optimum performance that will drive more dividends of democracy to the good people of Kano state.
Those affected by the major shake-up are the Chief of Staff, Shehu Sagagi, whose office is now scrapped, and the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Abdullahi Bichi, who was dropped on health grounds.
According to Dawakin-Tofa, the governor removed some cabinet members and reassigned others to enhance administrative performance and political retool.
“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.
Also retained 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.
On the reassigned list also is 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.” t
