ASHENEWS reports that the Kano state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has approved major appointments into positions in government agencies and institutions.
This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Monday.
Those appointees include Kabiru Getso Haruna as Executive Secretary of the Kano State Scholarship Board; Prof. Aliyu Isa Aliyu, Director General of the Kano State Bureau of Statistics; Dr. Kabiru Ado Zakirai, Executive Secretary of the Kano State Senior Secondary Schools Management Board (KSSMB) and Alkasim Hussain Wudil, Coordinator of the Aliko Dangote Skills Acquisition Centre.
Others are Farouq Abdu Sumaila, Executive Secretary of the Kano State Guidance and Counselling Board; Umar Shehu Minjibir, Chairman of the Kano State Civil Service Commission; retired CP Kabiru Muhammad Gwarzo, Director General of the Kano State Corporate Security Institute, Gabasawa; Dr. Abdullahi Garba Ali, Director of the Kano Informatics Institute, Kura; and Shema’u Aliyu, Director of the Kano State Institute of Hospitality Management.
The statement added that Dr. Musa Sa’ad Muhammad is the Director of the State Sports Institute, Karfi; Dr. Abubakar Shehu Minjibir, Director of the Kano State Institute of Development Journalism; Abdullahi S. Abdulkadir, Director of the Kano State Institute of Farm Mechanisation, Kadawa; Jazuli Muhammad Bichi, Director of the Kano State Institute of Livestock, Gargai; Dr. Maigari Indabawa, Director of the Kano State Film Institute, Tiga and Kabiru Yusuf is the Kano State Institute of Fisheries, Bagauda.
The appointments, the statement added, take effect immediately as the appointees are directed to takeover their new responsibilities within the next 48 hours of this announcement.