Gov. AbdulRazaq forwards list of commissioner nominees to Assembly

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has forwarded the names of his nominees to the state House of Assembly for confirmation as commissioners, three months after dissolving his cabinet.

The assembly announced the reception of the list of the nominees at its Tuesday plenary, which was ongoing at press time.

Among the nominees are three former commissioners in the cabinet dissolved by the governor in December.

Also on the list is Kaosarah Adeyi, a 24-year-old graduate of the University of Ilorin, who once held the position of the Vice President of the school’s students’ union government.

From Ilorin, Ms Adeyi graduated from the Forestry and Wildlife Department in 2019.

The returning commissioners are Saadat Modibbo-Kawu, the immediate past Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and Technology; Suleiman- Iliasu, the immediate past Commissioner for Works and Transport; and Aliyu Saifuddeen, the immediate past commissioner for local government Affairs and Community Development.

AbdulRazaq had, on December 31, dissolved the cabinet, sacking all the commissioners but retaining his Chief of Staff.

The delay in constituting a new cabinet has elicited debates amongst members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and political observers, which some observers attributed to the crisis in ruling party in the state.

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