Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has forwarded six names to the State House of Assembly as Commissioner-nominees.
The Speaker of the House, Ismail Falgore disclosed this on Monday while reading the governor’s letter.
The nominees include Shehu Sagagi, Dr Dahiru Hashim, Ibrahim Wayya, Dr Isma’il Dan Maraya, Gaddafi Shehu and Abdulkadir AbdulSalam.
Yusuf had last Thursday sacked the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Abdullahi Bichi, on health grounds alongside five commissioners in a major cabinet shake-up.
The governor also scrapped the office of the Chief of Staff, occupied by Alhaji Shehu Sagagi.
The affected commissioners were Ibrahim Jibril Fagge (Finance), Ladidi Ibrahim Garko (Culture and Tourism), Baba Halilu Dantiye (Information and Internal Affairs), Shehu Aliyu Yammedi, (Special Duties) and Abbas Sani Abbas (Rural and Community Development).
On October 14, 2024, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, against the wish of the governor, had suspended the SSG and the Commissioner for Transport, Muhammad Diggol, for disrespecting the party and its leadership.
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission is also investigating allegations of multi-million-naira procurement fraud and mismanagement of Federal Government palliative items against Sagagi.
