THE acting governor of Adamawa State,
Alhaji Umar Fintiri, has dissolved the cabinet constituted by former governor,
Admiral Murtala Nyako (retd).
In a statement signed by Professor
Abdullahi Liman Tukur, the Secretary to the State Government, who was sworn in
on Thursday, the sack of all political appointees of the Nyako-led
administration was with immediate effect.
The statement said following the
resignation of the deputy governor and the impeachment of Nyako, commissioners,
special advisers, principal assistants, special assistants and other political
appointees “are hereby relieved of their appointments.”
The statement directed the dismissed
functionaries to hand over government properties in their custody to their
respective permanent secretaries and other appropriate officers within
government establishment.
Also, the majority leader of the Adamawa
State House of Assembly, Honourable Ishaq Bala, has been removed.
Bala, a member representing Yola North
constituency, was removed for not supporting the impeachment of ousted
governor.
He was, accordingly, replaced by Salishu
Kabilo from Verre constituency as the new majority leader of the assembly.
In another development, the acting
governor has ordered the scrapping of the Special Projects and Programmes Unit
(SPPU) under Government House.
This was contained in a press release
signed by Solomon Kumangar, Director, Press and Public Affairs, Government
House, Yola.
The acting governor directed the state
Head of Service to retrieve all government property in custody of the unit with
immediate effect.
According to the acting governor, the unit
had been a subject of controversy since its establishment, adding that it was
done contrary to the law and civil service procedures.
Meanwhile, the sacked commissioners, on
Thursday, paid a courtesy visit to the acting governor, pledging their loyalty.
However, barely 72 hours into the
administration of Alhaji Fintiri as acting governor of the state, crisis is
brewing between the state executive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
members of the House of Assembly and local government council chairmen.
The battle for supremacy was made manifest
at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed SSG, Professor Tukur, at the
chambers of the Government House.
Government House protocol officers had a
hectic time controlling the guests, as there was confusion over seats meant for
sacked commissioners, members of the state executive of PDP, led by its
chairman, Chief Joel Madaki and the state lawmakers.
The confusion delayed the swearing-in
ceremony for close to one hour, as the protocol officials were left helpless,
even as the PDP executive and members of the assembly continued to trade words.
The intervention of top security personnel
and other government officials prevented the situation from degenerating into
fiscuffs.
Council chairmen, who were also put in one
obscure corner at the ceremony, equally complained that they were not accorded
their rightful positions.
They were, however, accused of being loyal
to the administration of Nyako, adding that “they do not deserve any
recognition.”
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