The Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has asked commissioners in his cabinet to sit up and perform above average in the coming year which he said will be very decisive in his government’s desire to fulfill its promises to the electorates.
The governor, who made minor changes in the composition of his cabinet on Tuesday said: “I commend every one of you but you must all sit up because 2017 will be a year of fulfilled promises. I can give you a pass mark of 60 percent but much is expected of you by next year. Everybody must sit up because we must deliver the dividends of democracy to the electorates.”
A statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Jonathan Tsado Vatsa, quoted the governor as expressing dissatisfaction with the performances of the commissioners and that he can only give them a pass mark of 60 per cent.
The governor charged the commissioners and members of the state executive council to show more commitment in carrying out their functions in accordance with his mandate, saying: “more changes will come in the new year.”
The Governor redeployed the Commissioner for Land and Housing, Haliru Zakari Jikantoro, to Local Government Affairs; the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Aliyu Abdullahi, to take over from him; while the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kabiru Abbas Musa, is to take over from the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Others are the Permanent Secretaries in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Umar Ibrahim Tiffin; that of Justice, Barrister Ndagi Wali; and the Director, Hospital Management Board, Dr. Makunsidi, are to report to the Head of Service for new redeployment, while the Director, Planning and Statistics in the Ministry of Health is to resume at the Hospital Management Board. [myad]
