Gov. Mohammed Scraps Local Govt Ministry
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, on Monday, announced the scrapping of the state Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
Mohammed stated this on Monday during the swearing-in ceremony of three Commissioners and one Chief Security Adviser to the state governor.
According to him, the decision was as a result of the Supreme Court judgment granting autonomy to Local Government Areas in the country where each of the LGAs has its chairman overseeing its affairs.
Mohammed also announced the dropping of Dr. Adamu Umar as the state’s Commissioner for Health, saying that the decision was to rejig the machinery of governance for more results.
“We have to rejig the cabinet in order to achieve the set objectives of the administration.
“We need to bring in fresh blood, brains with fresh ideas of how to move the state ahead positively.
“The former Commissioner for Health was not dropped because of any infractions, it was just part of reorganisation of governance.
“Very soon, we will find a way to fix him in government where he will be most relevant and more active,” he said.
He charged the newly sworn in Commissioners to immediately settle down to business by ensuring that they study all the handover notes left in their respective Ministries to be able to catch up with the speed the administration was moving.
The commissioners and their portfolio includes; Hajiya Zainab Baba-Tako, Commissioner for Women Affairs, Dr Sani Mohammed as the State Commissioner for Health and Mohammed AbdulKadir as the state Commissioner for Commerce and Industry.
Mr Ahmed Abdulrahman was appointed and sworn in as the Chief Security Adviser to the state governor.
Speaking on behalf of others, Hajiya Zainab Baba-Tako, Commissioner for Women Affairs, expressed appreciation for giving them the opportunity to serve and contribute their own quota towards the development of the state.
She promised that they would deploy all the mechanisms to take their various ministries to great heights.
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