Governor Sule Sacks All Commissioners, SSG in Nasarawa
Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, has sacked the state executive council comprising his commissioners and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barrister Muhammad Aliyu-Ubamdoma.
Gov Sule announced this at a special emergency executive meeting in Government House, Lafia, on Friday, shortly after the departure of Vice President Kashim Shetima, who was in the state for a one-day working visit to inaugurate some projects in the state.
The move is to help the Governor restructure the state’s administration.
Didactic Information Hut recalls that Gov Sule had in 2021, dissolved the state executive council, citing the need for a more effective and efficient governance structure.
Meanwhile, Mohammed Iliyasu-Idde, permanent secretary cabinet affairs and special services, in a statement said Governor Sule expressed his gratitude to the outgoing council members for their contributions towards the growth of the state and wished them well in their future endeavours.
The statement read in part, “All the outgoing council members are to hand over the affairs of their ministries and government property in their possession to the permanent secretaries in their respective ministries while the SSG is to hand over to the permanent secretary cabinet affairs and special services.”
It may interest you to know that the governor had in July 2023 submitted the names of 17 commissioner-nominees to the Nasarawa State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation as members of the State Executive Council.
