Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has approved the new appointments and redeployment of some Heads of Agencies and Special Advisers.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Mr. Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, on Sunday, December 15, 2024.
The newly appointed individuals include renowned public health expert and hematologist, Dr. Ibrahim Musa, of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), and popular Kannywood actor, Sani Musa Danja.
Below is the list of the newly appointed officials along with their assigned portfolios:
1. Dr. Ibrahim Musa – Special Adviser, Health Services, and Personal Physician to the Governor
2. Dr. Hadiza Lawan Ahmad – Special Adviser, Investment and Public-Private Partnership
3. Sani Musa Danja – Special Adviser, Youth and Sports
4. Barr. Aminu Hussain – Special Adviser, Justice/Constitutional Matters
5. Dr. Ismail Lawan Suleiman – Special Adviser, Population
6. Nasiru Isa Jarma – Special Adviser, NGOs
7. Hon. Wada Ibrahim Daho – Permanent Commissioner I, SUBEB
8. Hon. Ado Danjummai Wudil – Executive Secretary, Guidance and Counselling Board
9. Dr. Binta Abubakar – Executive Secretary, Agency for Mass Education
10. Hon. Abubakar Ahmad Bichi – Director General, Cottage and Street Hawking Agency
11. Hon. Abdullahi Yaryasa – Member, Assembly Service Commission
12. Dr. Yusuf Ya’u Gambo – Executive Chairman, Strategic Governance and Policy Coordination
The Governor has also reassigned the following political office holders:
1. Hon. Kabiru Getso Haruna – Executive Secretary, State Scholarship Board
2. Hon. Rabi’u Saleh Gwarzo – Executive Secretary, Kano State Senior Secondary Schools Management Board (KSSSSMB)
3. Dr. Kabiru Ado Zakirai – Executive Secretary, Kano State Library Board
4. Dr. Abubakar Musa Yakubu – Medical Director, Government House Clinic
5. Yusuf Jibrin Oyoyo – Special Adviser, Students’ Matters
6. Hon. Isa Musa Kumurya – Special Adviser, Marshals
7. Hajia Fatima Abubakar Amneef – Special Adviser, Enlightenment and Social Mobilization
8. Comrade Nura Iro Ma’aji – Special Adviser, Employment
These appointments and reassignments take immediate effect.
Congratulations to all appointees.
Signed,
Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa
Director General,
Media and Publicity, Government House, Kano
Idris Abubakar, Kano State.
