Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has nominated a new commissioner and appointed new special advisers.
This is contained in a statement issued by his media aide Muyiwa Adekeye, on Thursday in Kaduna.

The statement said the appointments were in accordance with the governor’s continuous efforts to invigorate governance and inject fresh ideas to the administration.

Mr Adekeye added that the governor nominated Umma Ahmed, the current administrator of Birnin Gwari local government, as commissioner for local government.

Ms Umma was the director-general of the Kaduna State Quality Assurance Authority before her posting to Birnin-Gwari.

She was nominated to replace Shehu Muhammad, who resigned recently to pursue his political aspiration.

Mr Adekeye also disclosed that the governor’s special adviser on political matters, Abdullahi Ibrahim, is now the new administrator of Birnin Gwari local government.

The statement said Mr Ibrahim had been replaced by Aminu Shagali, an ex-speaker of the Kaduna House of Assembly.

Murtala Dabo, the new special adviser on economic matters, is a former banker and “has served in several roles in the government since 2015,” according to the statement.

Mr Dabo was recently the chairman of the Kaduna State Fiscal Responsibility Commission.

He will be succeeded in that role by Mohammed Jalal, currently a permanent commissioner in the Fiscal Responsibility Commission.

The statement further announced that Francis Kozah had been moved from the Assembly Service Commission to the Kaduna State Enterprise Development Agency (KADEDA), as secretary. While Jibrin Alhaji is the new secretary of the House of Assembly Service Commission.

(NAN)