Tag: MUTAWALE

Gov. Matawalle of Zamfara appoints 250 additional political appointees

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Governor-Bello-Matawalle-of-Zamfara

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has appointed 250 additional political appointees to aid governance in the state. The Director-General on Political Affairs and Inter Party Relations, Alhaji Mikailu Aliyu, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Gusau, on Wednesday. Aliyu said the rationale behind the appointment was to ensure that good governance reached the grassroots and communities. He said that since the inception of the administration, the governor had appointed 25 commissioners, 55 Special Advisers, 72 Directors-General and 12 board members. He said the 250 political appointees included eight directors-general…

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Zamfara Gov. pledges new measures against security challenges, updates Buhari

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Gov. Mutawale and President Buhari

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has updated President Muhammadu Buhari on current security developments in his state. Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, the governor assured that the security challenges facing the state would soon be over following the assurances he got from the president. According to him, new measures will be applied towards finding a lasting solution to the insecurity problem troubling the State. He said: Whenever I initiate an action, I usually inform the President and I have been getting support from him. So, now I have come…

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Defection: 18 APC Govs, others set to receive Matawalle

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

No fewer than 18 All Progressives Congress (APC) governors are expected to receive Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Tuesday. The Chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee of the organising ceremony and Zamfara Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Monday. Dosara said, the Progressive governors will be led by the APC Chairman Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and Gov. Mai Mala-Buni. We are also expecting all our national assembly members as well as state legislators to declare their defection…

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