Yakowa sacks 525 political aides
The Kaduna State governor, Patrick Yakowa, has terminated the appointments of 525 political aides.
The terminations
were announced on Monday in Kaduna, in a statement by Reuben Buhari,
the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Public Affairs,
declaring that the affected appointees included 30 Special Advisers, 45
Senior Special Assistants and 450 Special Assistants.
It said the former
political appointees had been directed to hand over all government
property in their possession to the relevant ministries and agencies
immediately.
The statement also
announced that Mr Yakowa had approved the appointments of three new
Special Advisers and a Senior Special Assistant.
The new appointees
are Y. Yakawada, Bulus Emishe and Sani Sultan, Special Advisers on
Politics, Economy and Liaison respectively, while John Micah is the new
Senior Special Assistant, also on Liaison.
It said all the appointments took immediate effect.
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