Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of
Kano state, on Wednesday night, effected a minor cabinet reshuffle.
Under the new arrangement, Hajiya
‘Yardada Maikano Bichi was sworn in as Commissioner for Women Affairs while,
the erstwhile Commissioner in charge of the Ministry, Barr. Zubaida D. Abubakar
moved to the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.
Speaking shortly after swearing in
Hajiya ‘Yardada as member of the state executive council, the governor
explained that the development was necessitated by the fact that the former
Commissioner of Budget and Planning was recently appointed Accountant – General
of the state.
He stated that the new commissioner
was appointed on merit urging her to put in her best towards attaining the
goals of the administration.
The new Commissioner, Hajiya
‘Yardada Maikano Bichi was a teacher and until her appointment as Commissioner
and Executive Council member, the Executive Secretary of the State Agency for
Mass Education. She has also worked for some years as education specialist with
COMPASS, a USAID funded project and ESSPIN - DFID.
Meanwhile, governor Ganduje has
signed into law the state Land Use Act 2016. The law will help in to generate
additional revenue needed to develop the state whose population is the largest
in Nigeria.
It encompasses taxes like tenement
rates, ground rents and neighborhood improvement charge in addition to
regularizingoperating regulations and procedures for land transactions among
other things.
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