Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf on Tuesday requested the state assembly to approve the creation of four new ministries.
In a letter read in the plenary by the Speaker, Jibrin Falgore, the governor requested the creation of four new ministries to enhance the development of the state and its growing needs.
Falgore said the proposed ministries were the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs; Power and Renewable Energy; Internal Security and Solid Minerals.
In another letter, the governor requested the assembly to approve the dissolution of the boards of assembly commission with the appointment of new members.
The proposed new members of the commission include former speaker, Gambo Sallau as chairman, Zubairu Mamuda, Al’asan Kibiya, Ali Bala and Halima Uba Jalli.
Others are Surajo Danbatta, Yahaya Rogo, Abubakar Dala and Garba Tsanyawa.
Similarly, the Kano governor forwarded the names of four nominees to the assembly for screening as commissioners and members of the state executive council.
The nominees are Adamu Kibiya, Abdujjabbar Garko, Shehu Karaye and Mustafa Rabi’u-Kwankwaso.
Kano State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in 2006, Kano State is the most populous state in Nigeria.
The recent official estimates taken in 2016 by the National Bureau of Statistics found that Kano State was still the largest state by population in Nigeria. Created in 1967 out of the former Northern Region, Kano State borders on Katsina State to the northwest for about 210 km (130 miles), Jigawa State to the northeast for 355 km (221 miles), Bauchi State to the southeast for 131 km (82 miles), and Kaduna State to the southwest for 255 km.
The state’s capital and largest city is the city of Kano, the second most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos. The incumbent governor of the state is Abba Kabir Yusuf. He was sworn in on 29 May 2023.
NAN
