Zamfara governor continues hire-fire rigmarole, reinstates sacked advisers
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, on Monday approved the reappointment of eight Special Advisers who were relieved of their posts barely 48 hours ago.
Priori to that, the governor, on June 1, sacked all commissioners and other political appointees, preparatory to his defection. He then turned faced a week later to reinstate them.
Mr Matawalle did not give any reason for calling back aides his sacked two days ago but said their reinstatement was with immediate effect.
Those reappointed included Aminu Abdullahi-Alkali, Sustainable Development Goals; Ahmed Muktar-Mohammed, Housing and Urban Development and Junaidu Aminu-Kaura, Judicial Service and Legal Matters.
Others are Ibrahim Ma’aji-Gusau, Political Affairs and Inter-Party Relations; Aslam Aliyu, Skills Acquisition; Yusuf Abubakar-Zugu, Chieftaincy Affairs; Danyaro Abdullahi-Wuya, FADAMA III and Abubakar Musa (Mainera), Commodity Board.
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