PREMIUM TIMES' review of the list of commissioners showed that twelve nominees worked under the immediate past administration while one worked under the Sule Lamido administration.
The Jigawa State governor, Umar Namadi, has sent the names of 16 persons as commissioner-nominees to the state’s House of Assembly for screening and consideration as members of the state executive council.
“I hope that this exercise will receive the usual expeditious considerations of the Honourable Members of the House,” the governor told the lawmakers in the letter. Prominent among the nominees are Babangida Umar, a former commissioner of finance and Aminu Kanta, a former commissioner for land and an adviser to the governor on political matters.
Sagir Ahmad, a former land commissioner, in the immediate past administration, and Hadiza Abdulwahab, a former commissioner of women affairs under the Sule Lamido administration were also nominated commissioners in the new administration.
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