Gov. Abba Yusuf, popularly known as Abba Gida Gida, has submitted a list of 19 commissioner-nominees including the former president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Baba Halilu Dantiye, mni, to the Kano State House of Assembly for approval.
Dantiye had also served as the General Secretary of the body in 2001.
The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Jibrin Falgore, said this at Tuesday’s plenary, when he read a letter from the governor.
Falgore said that the nominees included the state deputy governor, Alhaji Aminu Abdulsalam and the state New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), chairman, Malam Umar Doguwa.
Others were Abubakar Yusuf, Musa Shanono, Aisha Saji, Ladidi Garko, Yusuf Kofar Mata, Nasiru Sule Garo and Halilu Dantiye.
He said that the nominees would help the governor to implement his policies and programmes, as provided by the constitution.
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The speaker urged the nominees to appear before the house on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, for screening while exempting the deputy governor from the screening.
Below is the full list:
- Comrade Aminu Abdulsalam
- Hon. Umar Doguwa
- Hon. Ali Haruna Makoda
- Hon. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf
- Hon. Danjuma Mahmoud
- Hon. Musa Shanono
- Hon. Abbas Sani Abbas
- Haj. Aisha Saji
- Haj. Ladidi Garko
- Dr. Marwan Ahmad
- Engr. Muhd Diggol
- Hon. Adamu Aliyu Kibiya
- Dr. Yusuf Kofar Mata
- Hon. Hamza Safiyanu
- Hon. Tajo Usman Zaura
- Sheikh Tijjani Auwal
- Hon. Nasiru Sule Garo
- Hon. Haruna Isa Dederi
- Hon. Baba Halilu Dantiye
