The Kano State House of Assembly has screened and confirmed 16 out of 19 commissioner-nominees sent to the house by the state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf.
The nominees were confirmed as commissioners and members of the state Executive Council after passing screening during a plenary of the house on Thursday.
The state governor had sent a 19-man list to the house for confirmation as commissioners on Tuesday.
However, after screening, 16 out of the 19 commissioners were confirmed by the house in a motion moved by the Majority leader, Lawal Hussaini, representing Dala local government area.
Two out of the three remaining nominees that are yet to be confirmed, Hajiya Aisha Saji and Sheikh Tijjani Auwal are currently in Saudi Arabia performing the Hajj exercise.
The duo have been directed to avail themselves before the House after their return for their screening.
The third, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam, who is the current deputy governor, was exempted from screening on the grounds that he already took oath of office as the deputy governor.
Those already screened and confirmed as commissioners and members of the state executive council are: Ali Makoda, a former Chief of Staff to former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje; Umar Doguwa, the chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) in the state; as well as former federal lawmakers, Nasiru Sule Garo and Haruna Dederi as well as a former president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Baba Dantiye, who earlier served as DG communications to the former governor of the state, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
Others are: Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, Danjuma Mahmoud, Musa Shanono, Abbas Sani Abbas, Ladidi Garko, Marwan Ahmad, Dr. Mahmoud Diggol, Adamu Aliyu Kibiya, Dr. Yusuf Kofar Mata, Hamza Safiyanu, and Tajo Usman Zaura.
Recall that the state governor on Wednesday directed all the commissioner nominees to declare their assets in order to conform with the provision of the Code of Conduct Bureau for them to be confirmed as commissioners.
Meanwhile, after the confirmation, the house adjourned its sitting to 17th July, 2023.
