El-Rufai Nominates 11
El-Rufai Nominates 11 Commissioners
Malam Nasir El-Rufai has sent the names of 11 nominees for
appointment as commissioners to the Kaduna State House of Assembly.
The governor will subsequently forward the three more nominees to
to make up the 14 commissioners that will constitute the Kaduna
State Executive Council.
A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House said that upon
confirmation by the legislature, the commissioners will run the 14
ministries created in the June 2019 Executive Order.
“Malam Nasir El-Rufai nominated 11 persons for appointment as
commissioners. The names of this first batch of 11 nominees has
been forwarded to the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The second
batch of nominees will subsequently be forwarded for the
consideration of the legislature.
“All the 11 nominees served in various positions in the
first-term of the government. Picking insiders is a deliberate
decision to enable the nominees hit the ground running and assist
the government to achieve its targets for the second term. Every
appointee will be subjected to stronger monitoring based on clear
terms of reference and key performance indicators.
“The first batch of 11 nominees for and their proposed
portfolios are as follows:
1. Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani – Ministry of Local Government
Affairs
2. Idris Samaila Nyam – Ministry of Business, Innovation &
Technology
3. Shehu Usman Makarfi – Ministry of Education
4. Ibrahim Garba Hussaini – Ministry of Environment & Natural
Resources
5. Kabir Muhammad Mato – Ministry of Sports Development
6. Balaraba Aliyu-Inuwa - Ministry of Public Works &
Infrastructure
7. Samuel Peter Aruwan – Ministry of Internal Security & Home
Affairs
8. Fausat Adebola Ibikunle – Ministry of Housing & Urban
Development
9. Mohammed Bashir Saidu – Ministry of Finance
10. Hafsat Mohammed Baba - Ministry of Human Services & Social
Development
11. Aisha Dikko – Ministry of Justice
“Nominations for the commissioners of Agriculture, Health and
Planning & Budget will be forwarded in the second batch.
“Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani served as commissioner in the ministries
of Local Government and Education in the first-term. Prior to
joining the Kaduna State Executive Council, he was Permanent
Secretary Cabinet Affairs.
“Idris Samaila Nyam is the current Accountant-General of the
State. He has served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of
Finance.
“Shehu Usman Makarfi is the current Permanent Secretary in the
Ministry of Health.
“Ibrahim Garba Hussaini is the pioneer Director-General of the
Kaduna State Geographic Information Service (KADGIS).
“Kabir Muhammad Mato, a professor of Political Science, has
served as commissioner of Agriculture and Local Government. He
joined he government as Special Adviser, Inter-Governmental
Relations.
“Balaraba Aliyu-Inuwa is the immediate past Commissioner of
Works, the first woman in Kaduna State to be appointed to that
role. She has served as Special Adviser and subsequently
Commissioner for Rural & Community Development.
“Samuel Peter Aruwan is Senior Special Assistant (Media &
Publicity) and spokesperson for the state government. He was
campaign spokesman in 2015 and 2019. He has been an active member
of the Kaduna State Security Council since May 2015.
“Fausat Adebola Ibikunle is the General Manager of the Kaduna
State Urban Planning & Development Authority (KASUPDA). Born in
Doka district of Kaduna, she studied Architecture at the Ahmadu
Belo University, Zaria, and graduated in 1983. She worked with the
Ministry of Defence from 1984, until she moved to the Federal
Capital Development Authority as Assistant Director in 2005 in the
Public Buildings Department. In 2007, she rose to become Deputy
Director in Health & Human Services Secretariat in the Federal
Capital Territory Administration. She joined the Kaduna State
Government in 2016.
Mohammed Bashir Saidu served as Commissioner for Local
Government before being appointed as Chief of Staff to the
Governor. He was appointed Commissioner of Finance towards the end
of the first-term.
“Hafsat Mohammed Baba is the immediate past Commissioner of
Women Affairs & Social Development.
“Aisha Dikko is Special Adviser, Legal Matters, the role in
which she served in the first-term. She will be the third woman to
be appointed as Commissioner of Justice by Malam Nasir El-Rufai.
She was called to the bar in 1988, and had worked in banking and
private law practise before joining the government.”
Signed
Samuel Aruwan
Senior Special Assistant to the Governor ( Media &
Publicity)