Hurricane: Zamfara Gov. Sacks SSG, CoS, Cabinet, Suspends Two Traditional Rulers

By Ayodele Oni

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has sacked his 23 Commissioners and Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Alhaji Bala Bello.

Special Adviser, Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, to the Governor, Malam Zailani Bappa, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

Other political office holders affected by the Governor’s order are the Chief of Staff Col. Bala Mande, (rtd) and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr Bashir Maru.

The Governor also approved the removal of all Chairmen and members of the State Commissions and Boards of various Agencies.

The statement added that Governor Matawalle 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 DIG Mohammed  Tsafe, (rtd)

The Chairmen of dissolved boards, he said, are to hand over to the most senior directors.

“The Head of Service will oversee the Office of the Secretary to the State Government,” the statement further clarified.

In another development, Governor Bello Matawalle has approved the suspension of the Emir of Dansadau, Hussaini Umar, as well as the District Head of Nasarawa Mailayi, Bello Wakkala with immediate effect.

The suspension is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the governor on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Malam Zailani Bappa.

Matawalle further directed the District Head of Dansadau, Alhaji Nasiru Muhammad Kudu to oversee the affairs in the Dansadau emirate.

He, also, approved the constitution of a high-powered committee to investigate the activities of the suspended traditional rulers.

The Committee members are rtd DIG Mohohammed Tsafe, Chairman, Yusuf Kanoma, representing Maru North and Ibrahim Tukur, representing Bakura constituency in the state assembly.

Other members are Sheikhs Ahmad Kanoma, Abdullahi Dalla, Kabir Maru while Mr Abdurrashid Haruna will serve as secretary.

Meanwhile, the Governor reiterated that the presidential order to shoot any bandit, person or group caught with guns, is still in place.