(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of the ongoing rightsizing exercise of Kaduna State Government, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has approved the disentanglement of 19 political appointees. The Governor said the 19 disengaged staff are the first phase of public servants who will depart the public service, in continuation of rightsizing the workforce. A statement from Sir […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has fired 19 political appointees in the state as part of his administration’s move to “rightsize” the public service in the state.
Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communications Muyiwa Adekeye announced the development in a statement on Wednesday.
Two special advisers, one deputy chief of staff and several special assistants are among those affected by the decision, which followed the recent controversial layoffs in the state that led to the now-suspended industrial action by organised labour in the state last week.
The Deputy Chief of Legislative Staff, Bala Yunusa Mohammed; and two of his special assistants – Halima Musa Nagogo and Umar Abubakar – were among those fired.
By Martins Abochol
Jalingo, Dec. 18, 2020 The Federal Government distributed N5 million to 250 rural women in Taraba on Friday at N20,000 per head.
Mr Garba Hanawiga, Director of Legal Services at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development made the disbursement in Jalingo on behalf of the minister, Hajia Sadiya Faruq.
Hanawiga said that the special cash grant was introduced in 2020 by the ministry as part of Federal Government’s poverty reduction agenda of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.
He added that Taraba had received N2.8 billion since the inception of the social intervention programme of the Federal Government.