Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has sacked all his commissioners and other political appointees in what could be described as a sweeping purge of the state’s executive council.
This is contained in a statement signed by the governor’s media aide, Mukhtar Gidado, on Wednesday in Bauchi.
The state government stated that the dissolution was with immediate effect.
Governor Mohammed also sacked the secretary to the state government, chief of staff, commissioners, and special advisers.
The governor directed all commissioners to hand over to respective permanent secretaries, while the SSG, chief of staff, and other affected special advisers will hand over to the most senior permanent secretary in the Government House.
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The governor, while thanking the appointees for the services rendered to the state, wished them well in their future endeavours.
The dissolution also affected hundreds of political appointees of the governor.
The move by the Bauchi Governor is coming about a week after Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Bala Bello, and all 23 commissioners with immediate effect.
The governor also approved the sack of his Chief of Staff, Bala Mande, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Bashir Maru.
Matawalle also approved the removal of all chairpersons and members of the state commissions and boards of various agencies.
He ordered the sacked commissioners to hand over affairs of their ministries to their respective permanent secretaries, except that of the Ministry of Security and Home Affairs which will be overseen by Mohammed Tsafe.
The chairpersons of the dissolved boards, he said, are to hand over to the most senior directors.
