Governor Appoints 924 Aides, Others

Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi on Monday approved the appointment of 94 Senior Special Assistants (SSAs), 20 Special Advisers (SAs) and 810 Special Assistants.

A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Ahmed Dandija, also announced the appointment of 24 Directors-General in charge of various sectors of the state.

Yuguda also approved the appointment of 20 Deputy Chairmen and 82 members for the local councils in the state.

Those appointed Directors-General were Sirajo Garba (Due Process), Jibrin Adamu (Assembly Liaison),Sanusi Aska (Hajj Affairs), Phillip Elam (Agriculture Mechanisation and Rehabilitation of Government Equipments and Machinery), Abdullahi Gwaram (Local Government), Mohammed Lawal (Information Communication Technology), Babani Umar (Protocol) and Abdulmumini Kundak (Special Assignment and Duties)

Also appointed were Ibrahim Babaji (Societal Re-orientation),Mohammad Chindo (Higher Education), Sale Husaini (Education), Isa Kufai (Abuja Liaison),Saiyadi Sheikh (Tsangaya Education),Aliyu Jibrin (Projects), Nura Danmadami (Debt Management Agency),and Adamu Toro (Youth and Women Rehabilitation and Development).

Others were Tanko Dutse (Rehabilitation and Resettl;ement),Muktar Abdu (Public Enlightenment), Danladi Mohammed (Community Relations), Garba Dahiru (Poverty Alleviation), Kabiru Ma’aji (Project Monitoring and Evaluation), Musa Badara (Monotoring and Evaluation of Higher Education), Mohammed Ningi (Establishment of Youth Empowerment and Job Placement) and Isa Tahir (Petroleum and Slid Minerals)

The statement added that all the appointments were with immediate effect,and that appointment letters would be issued by the office of Secretary to the State Government accordingly, the statement added.