Zamfara: Matawalle Sacks All Commissioners, Dissolves State Executive Council

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has dissolved the state executive council with immediate effect.

The Governor also sacked all Chairmen and members of the state Commissions and Boards of various agencies.

Also affected by the Governor’s directive are the Secretary to the State Government, the Chief of Staff, and the Deputy Chief of Staff.

The directive was contained in a statement on Monday by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment, media and Communications, Zailani Bappa.

The statement titled ‘GOVERNOR BELLO MOHAMMED DISSOLVES STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, PRINCIPAL POLITICAL APPOINTEES’ reads: “His Excellency, Dr Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun, Barden Hausa, Shattiman Sakkwato) has today, 31st May, 2021, dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect.

The Secretary to the State Government, the Chief of Staff, and the Deputy Chief of Staff are also relieved of their respective appointments as well as all Chairmen and members of the state Commissions and Boards of various agencies are also dissolved.

His Excellency, however, directs that this dissolution does not affect Commissions provided for by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

In view of this directive, all Honorable Commissioners would hand over affairs of their ministries to their respective permanent secretaries, except Ministry of Security and Home Affairs which will be overseen by Rtd DIG Mohammed Ibrahim Tsafe. Chairmen of Commissions and Boards are hereby directed to hand over to their most senior directors. The Head of Service will oversee the Office of the Secretary to the State Government.”

Meanwhile, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and the 2019 APC governorship candidate for Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu have both appealed to the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki to be magnanimous in victory.

The two spoke in separate letters to the Governor after the Supreme Court ruling which affirmed Obaseki as the duly elected Governor of the state.