Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has retired 20 permanent secretaries in the state civil service.
The decision, according to the governor, followed the streamlining of ministries from 19 to 13; and also to cut cost in governance in the state.
Meanwhile, the governor has approved the appointment of more aides and chief executives of agencies in the state.
They are Thomas Gyang, who will serve as the Special Adviser on Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit to the governor; and Ibrahim Muhammad-Aminu as the new chairman, Local Government Service Commission.
El-Rufai, also appointed Ezekiel Baba- Karik as Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency.
The appointments, according to a statement by e-Rufai’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan, took immediate effect.
Gyang, the Special Adviser on Budget was a 1978 graduate of Quantity Surveying from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He worked as a professional Quantity Surveyor for government and private organisations for 35 years.
He is a member of the Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyors.
The governor said retiring the permanent secretaries was part of government’s efforts to free up resources to be used for the provision of qualitative schools, hospitals, roads and other public goods.
The government, he argued, had at inception declared its determination to cut cost, drive efficiency and improve service delivery, and continue the restructuring of its agencies.
According to him, to ensure that the number of permanent secretaries is properly aligned with the new structure, there will be only 13 permanent secretaries for the 13 ministries.
The ministries are Justice, Agriculture and Forestry; Commerce, Industry and Tourism; Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs; Youth, Sports and Culture.
Others are Environment and Natural Resources, Women Affairs and Social Development; Water Resources, Health and Human Services; Education, Science and Technology; Budget and Planning,Finance, Works, Housing and Transport.
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