Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi has appointed Yahuza Adamu as the new head of civil service and 22 permanent secretaries to rejig his administration.

The appointment of Mr Adamu as the state’s civil service head is sequel to the retirement from active service of his predecessor, Aliyu Jibo, after serving for the mandatory 35 years.

This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Mohammed’s media aide, Mukhtar Gidado, on Thursday in Bauchi.

According to the statement, all the appointments take immediate effect.

The governor elevated 22 directors to the position of permanent secretaries.

He explained that their appointments were based on merit, “adding that all of them were subjected to competency tests as part of government’s effort to determine their capability and trustworthiness.”

The governor charged the appointees to discharge their duties with commitment, dedication, and fear of God, stressing that the government will continue to reward merit and sanction indolence and laxity.

Mr Mohammed recently appointed 22 commissioners, secretary to the state government, and his chief of staff, following the dissolution of the state executive council in June 2021.

(NAN)