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  • Gov. Sule swears in SSG, Perm Secs, Members of JSC

    Gov. Sule swears in SSG, Perm Secs, Members of JSC

    “… as Speaker Balarabe Abdullahi led other lawmakers to the event at Govt, House…”

    From Leo Zuanke, Nassarawa

    Nasarawa State Governor Engr. Abdullahi Sule has sworn in Barr. Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu as Secretary to the Government of the State, SSG.

    The Governor during the event also sworn in Eight newly appointed Permanent Secretaries in the State including the immediate past Accountant General Zakka Yakubu as well as Two Members of the Judicial Service Commission.

    The swearing in ceremony took place at Aliyu Akwe Banquet Hall Government House Lafia today Tuesday.

    The Governor tasked them on selfless service, accountability and fear of God as the settled down to carry out their responsibilities to enable them justify the confidence reposed on them.

    Governor Abdullahi Sule promised to continue to provide the best leadership for the State and called for understanding and cooperation from the citizens.

    He used the medium to reiterated his stance on the choice of Balarabe Abdullahi as the Speaker of the 7th Assembly in the State promised that the crisis will be resolved soon.

    Barr. Muhammed Ubandoma Aliyu was reappointed for the second time by Governor Abdullahi Sule having served in that capacity during the first tenure of the Governor.

    The Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi led other members of the House to the event.
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  • Tambuwal Swears In Mainasara As SSG

    Tambuwal Swears In Mainasara As SSG

    By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto

    Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has sworn-in Hon. Aminu Bala Bodinga as a new Commissioner in his cabinet.

    Bodinga hitherto billed to be sworn-in weeks ago, was however away for Hajj. He was among the erstwhile commissioners who voluntarily resigned to seek elective positions.

    Also sworn-in is the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Muhammad Mainasara Ahmad (Mni). He replaces the former SSG, Alhaji Saidu Umar, who is now the Sokoto state Gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic (PDP).

    At the brief ceremony held at Government House, Sokoto, Gov. Tambuwal enjoined the new appointees to use their wealth of experience in the administration of the state, urging to develop synergy with other ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the state.

    While congratulating them on their well deserved appointments, the Governor appealed to the people of the state to exercise patience over the shortage of water supply in the state.

    He said the state Government is doing its possible best to remedy situation exacerbated by lack of power supply across the country, skyrocketing price of diesel and associated costs.

  • Gov Bala Mohammed appoints Ibrahim Kashim SSG

    Gov Bala Mohammed appoints Ibrahim Kashim SSG

    Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appointed Barrister Ibrahim Kashim as Secretary to the State Government.

    This is coming barely one week after he sacked his cabinet.

    Recall we had reported last Wednesday that Mohammed dissolved his cabinet including 21 Commissioners, the Secretary to the State Government, Sabi’u Baba; his Chief of Staff, Dr. Ladan Salihu, and his Special Advisers.

    He, however, retained his Special Advisers on Security, National and State Assembly Liaison, Social Investment, and Media and Publicity.

    The governor, yesterday (Monday), appointed Dr. Aminu Gamawa, as the new Chief of Staff, Government House.

    The appointment of the new SSG was contained in a media statement signed and made available to journalists in Bauchi on Tuesday by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the governor, Mukhtar Gidado.

    The appointment takes immediate effect.

    He said that Kashim who hails from Bauchi Local Government Area attended many institutions in the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

    Gidado added that the appointee is a former lecturer at Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, and retired from active service as a Director in the Presidency in the Bureau for Public Enterprises.

    He said, “Barrister Ibrahim Muhammad Kashim holds a LL. B, BL, LLM and Masters in Business Administration and various Post Graduate Certificates in Management, Administration and Economic Reform and Divestiture from many Institutions in the United Kingdom and the United States.

    “He hails from Bauchi Local Government Area of the state. He is a Legal Practitioner, a former Lecturer at Dan Fodio University Sokoto, a public servant, and a policy expert.

    “He retired in 2015 as a Director in the Presidency (Bureau for Public Enterprises) where he headed various departments and acted as the Director-General.”

    The Media Aide said that upon retirement, Barrister Kashim ran a Consultancy Outfit known as Kauthar Resources Nig. Ltd and had consulted for various transport sector committees of both houses of the National Assembly, House Committee on Commercialisation and Privatisation and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council.

    According to him, he is a registered member of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, a non-profit, non–partisan private sector-led think tank with a mandate to promote and champion the reform of the Nigerian economy into an open, globally competitive economy.

    “In 2020, Barrister Kashim was appointed as the Pioneer Director-General, Bauchi State Bureau for Privatisation and Economic Reforms, an agency set up pursuant to the current Government of Bala Mohammed’s resolve to reform, restructure and grow the economy of the state.

    “Until his appointment, he was the immediate past Director-General, Bureau for Privatisation and Economic Reforms,” he stated.

  • Gov Matawalle sacks Zamfara SSG, 23 commissioners, others

    Gov Matawalle sacks Zamfara SSG, 23 commissioners, others

    Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle on Tuesday announced the sack of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Bala Bello, and all 23 commissioners.

    Matawalle announced the decision in a statement issued and signed by his Special Adviser, Public Enlightenment on Media and Communications, Malam Zailani Bappa.

    He also approved the sack of his Chief of Staff, Col. Bala Mande (rtd) and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr Bashir Maru, and the removal of all Chairmen and members of the state commissions and boards of various agencies.

    Matawalle, who ordered the sacked commissioners to hand-over affairs of their ministries to their respective permanent secretaries, said the decision is with immediate effect.

    According to him, the chairmen of dissolved boards are to hand-over to the most senior directors.

    He added that the Head of Service will oversee the Office of the Secretary to the State Government.

  • Nasarawa Speaker mourns former SSG

    Nasarawa Speaker mourns former SSG

    Abel Leonard/ Lafia

    Speaker Nasarawa State House of Assembly Alh.Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi has expressed shock over the demise of former Secretary to Nasarawa State Government Hamza Elayo.

    The Speaker in a statement by his Press Secretary Jibrin Gwamna described the passing on of the former SSG and one time Commissioner for Information in the state as colossal and a big blow to the APC party and the state at large.

    “Inna lillahi wainna illaihi rajiun,we have loss a friend,a brother and a political associate, this is a big loss,it is a painful exit,may Allah forgive his shortcomings,grant him paradise and console all of us”

    Balarabe Abdullahi while praying God to accept his soul in paradise enjoined his immediate family,friends and associates to see his death as an act of God and continued to pray for the repose of his soul.

    “What can we say,Allah gives life and take at his own appointed time, it is the way and routes for all,may Hamza Elayo see peace in the world beyond.”

    Speaker Balarabe Abdullahi condoled with the government and people of the state over the great loss .

  • COVID-19: SSG decries complacency to protocols at launch of COVID-19 book in A’Ibom

    COVID-19: SSG decries complacency to protocols at launch of COVID-19 book in A’Ibom

    By Samuel Ogenyi, Uyo

    The Secretary to Akwa Ibom State Government, SSG,and chairman of the state Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, has expressed worry over the complacent attitude of people towards safety protocols in the state.

    Ekuwem who was speaking against the backdrop of lack of adherence and enforcement of the safety and prevention protocols in most places reminded residents that  the disease “has not disappeared from the surface of the earth”

    The SSG made his feelings known during the launch/public presentation of the book titled “Corona Virus 19 and doing Alright: the search for meaning” written by Monsignor Micheal Ekpenyong, a former Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Uyo yesterday.

    He said that this could be dangerous for the state and nation in general.
    “This malady COVID-19 that we have the privilege to contribute or superintend or monitor is real. And please father draw the attention of sisters and brothers in the church that COVID-19 has not gone, it is still very much with us

    “We must therefore continue to wear facemask always, I don’t like it, but it’s good to continue to wear it,.wear your facemask and try as much as possible to observe social distancing in all public places.” He said.

    Ekuwem said the state government has continued with test of suspected persons and warned that with the second wave of the pandemic currently ravaging Europe and America, there was need for thoroughness in the implementation of the safety and prevention protocols.

    Book reviewer, Rev. Donatus Udoette who lauded the author for his creativity explained that he has succeeded in establishing the fact that  even though Corona virus has introduced a new world order of social distancing and virtual realities; the original spiritual framework and divine knowledge of interconnectivity and relativity remained intact.

    “Monsignor Ekpeyong harps that social distancing occasioned by COVID-19 should not be allowed to affect or blur spiritual closeness to those in need “from a distance”.

    “Using the “Neediest from a distance Project”  at Paul West Itam, the author has succeeded in imparting an internal lesson with the word gold, namely that Coronavirus has no power to disrupt the spiritual law of quantum spirituality which is expressed in form of “Ubuntu”( solidarity, unity and togetherness).” Udoette said.