Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has approved a series of new appointments and the redeployment of key Heads of Agencies and Special Advisers.
The announcement was made in a press statement by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, on Sunday, December 15, 2024.
The new appointees include Dr. Ibrahim Musa, a renowned public health expert and hematologist from Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), and popular Kannywood actor, Sani Musa Danja.
Below is the full list of appointees and their portfolios:
New Appointments
- Dr. Ibrahim Musa – Special Adviser, Health Services & Personal Physician to the Governor
- Dr. Hadiza Lawan Ahmad – Special Adviser, Investment and Public-Private Partnership
- Sani Musa Danja – Special Adviser, Youth and Sports
- Barr. Aminu Hussain – Special Adviser, Justice/Constitutional Matters
- Dr. Ismail Lawan Suleiman – Special Adviser, Population
- Nasiru Isa Jarma – Special Adviser, NGOs
- Wada Ibrahim Daho – Permanent Commissioner I, SUBEB
- Ado Danjummai Wudil – Executive Secretary, Guidance and Counselling Board
- Dr. Binta Abubakar – Executive Secretary, Agency for Mass Education
- Abubakar Ahmad Bichi – Director General, Cottage and Street Hawking Agency
- Abdullahi Yaryasa – Member, Assembly Service Commission
- Dr. Yusuf Ya’u Gambo – Executive Chairman, Strategic Governance and Policy Coordination
Reassignments
- Kabiru Getso Haruna – Executive Secretary, State Scholarship Board
- Rabi’u Saleh Gwarzo – Executive Secretary, Kano State Senior Secondary Schools Management Board (KSSSSMB)
- Dr. Kabiru Ado Zakirai – Executive Secretary, Kano State Library Board
- Dr. Abubakar Musa Yakubu – Medical Director, Government House Clinic
- Yusuf Jibrin Oyoyo – Special Adviser, Students’ Matters
- Isa Musa Kumurya – Special Adviser, Marshals
- Fatima Abubakar Amneef – Special Adviser, Enlightenment and Social Mobilization
- Nura Iro Ma’aji – Special Adviser, Employment
These appointments and reassignments are effective immediately.
