From LILIAN HOSEA, Abuja
Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has sworn in the 23 newly appointed Commissioners.
The Commissioners were also assigned portfolios to the various ministries where the Governor charged them to give nothing but their best in taking the state to enviable heights in term of developmental services.
The commissioners and their assigned portfolios are:
Mohammed Umar, Ministry of Local Government Affairs; Elijah Tumba, Ministry of Construction, Rehabilitation, Intervention and Humanitarian Services (New); Dr. Ishaya John; Dabari, Finance, and Budget; Barrister Sunday Mathew, Housing and Urban Development; Professor Isa Abdullahi, Health and Human Services (New).
Others are Hassan Kaigama, Water Resources; Dr. Umar Garba Pella, Information and Strategy; Lami Patrick, Women Affairs and Social Development; Abdullahi Prambe, Rural and Community Development; Usman Yahaya Diyajo, Livestock and Aquaculture Development (New); Umaru Iya Daware, Tertiary and Professional Education (New).
The rest are Ibrahim Mijinyawa, Land and Survey; Mustapha Musa Jika, Transportation; Sunusi Faruk, Youth and Sport Development; Bappa Dalhatu Isa, Mineral Resources; Aloysius Babadoke, Special Duties; Adamu Atiku, Works and Energy Development (New); Shuaibu Audu, Environment and Natural Resources Development (New); Iliya James, Entrepreneurship Development (New); Dr. Dishi Khobe, Agriculture; Mrs Justina Nkom, Commerce and Industry; Mrs Wulbina Jackson, Education and Human Capital Development (New); Adamu Titus, Culture and Tourism.
Fintiri took the decision when he received the report of the Technical Committee for evaluation of the Civil Service Scheme in the state.
“All Permanent Secretaries who were not on level 17 before their appointments are hereby dropped. The government will also gradually cease to recognize the office of Deputy Permanent Secretaries as the office is not lay down in the scheme of Civil Service.”
Fintiri, expressed worry that the civil service scheme in the state had been flexible to favour a few, adding that his administration would do all it could to restore the glory of the scheme.
The governor also directed that the embargo on employment be partially lifted promising that the government would soon recruit young talents in areas of needs. He said a committee would soon be constituted to come up with a white paper based on the recommendations of the technical committee for subsequent implementation.
He thanked members of the committee for a thorough job, describing them as “Competent and Experienced hands”.
Speaking earlier, Mr. Benson Jailani, Chairman of the technical committee, said that they carried out a thorough investigation to bring out factual reports and recommendations. Jailani advised the government to ensure full implementation of the committee’s recommendations to sanitize the state’s civil service for efficiency.
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