Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State on Monday sacked the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhassan Ibrahim Kwami.
The Secretary of the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, who disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen, said the governor also relieved Commissioner for Health, Dr Ahmed Mohammed Gana, and that of Special Duties, Mela Audu Nunghe (SAN), from their duties.
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He said the governor had directed the sacked commissioners to hand over the affairs of the ministries to their respective Permanent Secretaries.
Prof. Njodi also added that in a bid to further consolidate on the operations of government, Governor Yahaya had made a minor cabinet reshuffle and reassigned portfolios to three commissioners.
Mohammed Danladi Adamu moved from Lands and Survey to Rural, Community Development and Cooperatives, Dr Habu Dahiru from Ministry of Education to Ministry of Health, Usman Jafun Biri from Ministry of Rural, Community Development and Cooperatives to Ministry of Lands and Survey.
Others were: Julius Ishaya from Ministry of Youth Development to Ministry of Information and Culture, Dauda Batari Zambuk from Ministry of Internal Security and Ethical Orientation to Ministry of Education and Adamu Dishi Kupto from Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to Ministry of Internal Security and Ethical Orientation.
Meanwhile, the governor has nominated Christopher Abdu Buba Maisharu, a son of the late Mai Tangale, alongside Abdullahi Idris Kwami and Abubakar Aminu Musa to serve as commissioners pending their confirmation by the state House of Assembly.
