KADUNA State Government has announced cabinet reshuffle, and new appointments
Malam Nasir el-Rufai assigned new portfolios to some commissioners and senior officials of the Kaduna State Government. The governor said that the reshufflement is designed to help harness fresh energy for the government’s final lap, bring new insights and enable the commissioners to have more rounded experience of the government.
A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Signed by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor (Media & Communications, disclosed that eight of the 14 commissioners swapped portfolios.
There were no changes in the ministries of Finance, Justice, Health, Housing & Urban Development, Internal Security and Home Affairs and Human Services and Social Development.
Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, the Chief of Staff, returns to the Planning & Budget Commission, the responsibility he held with distinction during Malam El-Rufai’s first term. It is the second time that a chief of staff to the governor is being reassigned as Commissioner.
In 2019, Muhammad Bashir Saidu, then Chief of Staff, was redeployed to the Ministry of Finance.
The new portfolios for the commissioners being reassigned are: Environment: Jaafaru Sani Public Works and Infrastructure: Thomas Gyang Education: Halima Lawal Agriculture: Ibrahim Hussaini Local Government: Shehu Usman Muhammad Planning & Budget Commission Muhammad Sani Abdullahi Business, Innovation & Technology Kabir Mato Sports Development: Idris Nyam
Following the passage of the law creating metropolitan authorities to manage Kaduna, Kafanchan and Zaria as organic cities.
Malam Nasir El-Rufai has nominated the following cabinet-rank administrators:
Balaraba Aliyu-Inuwa Administrator, Zaria Metropolitan Authority Muhammad Hafiz Bayero Administrator, Kaduna Capital Territory Phoebe Sukai Yayi Administrator, Kafanchan Municipal Authority
Governor El-Rufai has also approved the deployment of the following officials: Umma Aboki Permanent Secretary, Planning & Budget Commission
Murtala Dabo Executive Chairman, Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Abubakar Hassan DG, Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority (KADCHMA)
