Katsina State governor, Dikko Radda Wednesday reshuffled his cabinet.
The announcement was made in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Radda, Mr Ibrahim Kaula-Mohammed.
Those affected, according to the statement are: Dr Bashir Gambo-Saulawa, who was moved from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Water Resources and Hajiya Hadiza Yar’Adua, from the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education to the Ministry of Women Affairs.
Other affected commissioners are Hajiya Zainab Musawa, who was transferred from the Ministry of Women Affairs to the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education; Alhaji Hamza Suleiman-Faskari of the Ministry of Water Resources, now moved to the Ministry of Environment; and Alhaji Isa Muhammad-Musa, from the Ministry of Special Duties to the Ministry of Higher, Technical and Vocational Education.
The statement further said Alhaji Yusuf Rabiu-Jirdede was transferred from the Ministry of Rural and Social Development to the Ministry of Special Duties; and Prof. Abdulhamid Ahmed, from the Ministry of Higher, Technical and Vocational Education to the Ministry of Rural and Social Development, while Alhaji Musa Adamu-Funtua, was transferred from the Ministry of Environment to the Ministry of Health.
According to the statement, the governor directed all the affected commissioners to hand over their current responsibilities to the Permanent Secretaries of their respective ministries with immediate effect.
It further directed them to assume their new roles without delay to ensure continuity in government operations.
Kaula-Mohammed quoted the governor as expressing confidence that the reorganisations would bring fresh perspectives and renewed energy to the affected ministries.
