Gov. Matawalle reinstates sacked commissioners, board chairmen
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has reinstated recently sacked three commissioners and three board chairmen of state agencies.
On June 1, Mr Matawalle sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Bala Bello and all 23 commissioners.
The governor announced reinstatement in a statement signed by Kabiru Balarabe, the head of service and acting secretary to the state government in Gusau on Tuesday.
Those reinstated are Ibrahim Dosara, Commissioner for Information; Sufyanu Yuguda, Commissioner for Finance; and Hajiya Fa’ika Ahmad, Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs.
Mr Matawalle also reinstated the chairman of the Pilgrims’ Welfare Commission.
Others are Abubakar Sodangi (Executive Chairman, Zakat and Endowment Commission) and Ali Muhammad-Dama (Executive Chairman, Board of Internal Revenue Service).
Mr Matawalle had also suspended the Emir of Dansadau, Hussaini Umar, and the district head of Nasarawa Mailayi, Bello Wakkala, with immediate effect and further ordered investigations into the activities of the suspended traditional titleholders.
(NAN)
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