In a major cabinet shake-up, Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has removed five members of his cabinet.
In a statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, on Thursday, the governor removed Ibrahim Jibril Fagge of the Finance Ministry, Ladidi Ibrahim Garko of Culture and Tourism, and Baba Halilu Dantiye of Information and Internal Affairs.
Others include Shehu Aliyu Yammedi of Special Duties and Abbas Sani Abbas of Rural and Community Development.
Additionally, the Governor has directed the Chief of Staff and the five commissioners who were dropped to report to the office of the Governor for possible reassignment.
According to the statement, the governor also removed the Chief of Staff, Alh. Shehu Wada Sagagi, whose office is now scrapped, and the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, who was dropped on health grounds.
In the statement, the governor also reassigned portfolios to the remaining commissioners.
Those who retained their positions are the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barr. Haruna Isa Dederi; Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Danjuma Mahmoud; Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran; Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, Hon. Abduljabbar Mohammed Umar; Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Hon. Musa Suleiman Shannon; and Commissioner for Works and Housing, Engr. Marwan Ahmad.
Also retained are the Commissioner for Solid and Mineral Resources, Sefiyanu Hamza; Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Sheikh Ahmad Tijani Auwal; Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Hon. Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso; Commissioner for Investment and Commerce, Adamu Aliyu Kibiya; and the Commissioner for Internal Security and Special Services, Major General Mohammad Inuwa Idris (Rtd).
According to the statement, those reassigned include the Deputy Governor, Comrade Aminu Abdulssalam, who is moved from the Ministry of Local Government to Higher Education; Hon. Mohammad Tajo Usman, moved from Science and Technology to the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs; and Dr. Yusuf Ibrahim Kofar Mata, from Higher Education to Science, Technology, and Innovation.
Others on the reassignment list include Hon. Amina Abdullahi, from Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation to the Ministry for Women, Children, and Disabled; Hon. Nasiru Sule Garo, from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change to the Ministry of Special Duties.
The Commissioner for Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Hon. Ibrahim Namadi, is now moved to the Ministry of Transport, while Hon. Umar Haruna Doguwa of the Ministry of Education is now moved to the Ministry of Water Resources.
On the reassigned list are Hon. Ali Haruna Makoda, moved from Water Resources to the Ministry of Education; Hon. Aisha Lawal Saji, from the Ministry of Women, Children, and Disabled to Tourism and Culture; and Hon. Muhammad Diggol, from Transport to the Ministry of Project Monitoring and Evaluation.
Governor Yusuf maintained that the much-awaited decision finally came to enable optimum performance that will drive more dividends of democracy to the good people of Kano State.
He added that the cabinet reshuffle of the state executive council is to effect pragmatic political realignment of his administration.
