Total reaches 196 as Kano Governor appoints 115 new aides
Total reaches 196 as Kano Governor appoints 115 new aides
Story from Christine TOBECHUKWU
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has appointed no fewer than 115 new aides to serve in his government as special assistants, advisers, senior special reporters and special reporters.
Sanusi Bature, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, noting that 14 of the new appointees would serve as Special Advisers.
While 57 would serve as Senior Special Assistants, and the remaining 44, who are all social media activists, would serve as Senior Special Reporters and Special Reporters.
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The new appointment takes the tally of his aides to 196.
The series of appointments were made after his inauguration on May 29 until August.
According to the statement, two of the most vocal social media supporters of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Abdullahi Ibrahim (known on X as Kwankwason Tuwita) and Hassan Sani Tukur (known on X as Noble Hassan) were appointed as Senior Special Assistants for Digital Media and New Media respectively.
Similarly, Bala Abubakar, one of the security aides to the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, was also appointed as a Senior Special Assistant on Security (Abuja) by the governor.
Other portfolios assigned to the latest appointees as SSA include: Political Awareness, Non-governmental Organisations(NGOs), Kwankwasiyya Media Groups, Reformatory Schools, Teacher Training and Development, Askarawan Kwankwasiyya, Tourism, Butchers and Abbatoir, Environmental Sanitation, Urban Beautification, Grazing Areas, National Assembly Matters, and Women Mobilisation.
The governor’s spokesman said the 44 Social Media Activists appointed as Senior Special Reporters and Special Reporters, were appointed by the governor in “his efforts to provide access to information on policies, programmes and activities of the present administration” and would be posted to various Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs).
Bature asserted that for the Special Advisers, “You may recall that the Kano State House of Assembly has granted the approval of 60 Special Advisers to the Governor, part of which 31 have been assigned portfolios.
“In a fresh appointment, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf wishes to announce the following 14 Special Advisers with immediate effect.”
The portfolios assigned to the new SAs are Policy and Social Development, Industries, Cyber Security, grassroots mobilisation, Support Groups, Metropolitan Affairs, and Domestic Affairs.
Others are; Special Assignments (Women), Community Policy, Political Strategy, Food Security, Lafiya Jari Programme, Students Matters, Enlightenment and Social Mobilisation.