Kano: Gov Abba Yusuf Appoints 94 SAs After Court Sack

The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf on Tuesday approved the appointment of an additional 94 Senior Special Assistants.

Governor Yusuf’s decision is coming days after the Governorship Petition Election Tribunal sacked him.

The tribunal directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return from him and present it to the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Gawuna.

Meanwhile, Yusuf has vowed to appeal the judgment of the tribunal in the Court of Appeal.

The Kano State Governor, despite the court ruling, approved the appointments of new aides.

The appointments were disclosed in a statement released by his Press Secretary, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, in Kano on Tuesday.

Naija News learnt that only five women were among the 94 newly appointed aides announced by the Governor.

The Special Adviser appointed include Rahama Kabeer Fagge, Senior Special Reporter I, Government House; Amina Isah Bebeji, Special Reporter, SEMA; Maijidda Garba, Special Reporter, REB; Fatima Usman Muhammad, Senior Special Reporter, KNARDA; and Asiya Muhammad Umar, Special Reporter, Hospitality Management Institute, amongst others.

Dawakin-Tofa said all the appointments take immediate effect.