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  • Kaduna deputy governor to be sworn in Friday

    The new Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Nuhu Audu Bajoga, whose nomination has been confirmed by the state House of Assembly, will be sworn in at about 11.00am on Friday.

    The ceremony will take place at the council chamber of the government house, Kaduna.

    Bajoga was nominated as the new deputy governor following the elevation of the former occupant of the office to the position of governor amidst protest by youths from Southern Kaduna who felt that he should have remained as the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party.

    His confirmation followed a letter from the governor, Mukthat Ramalan Yero,which  requested the house to clear him.

    Bajoga, according to the governor, has been found suitable to occupy the position having undergone security screening.

     

  • Kaduna: Assembly approves deputy governor’s nomination

    Kaduna: Assembly approves deputy governor’s nomination

    The Kaduna State House of Assembly has approved the nomination of Amb. Nuhu Bajoga as the state deputy governor.

    The assembly which cut short its Christmas and New Year recess, approved the nomination during an emergency plenary session on Thursday, presided by the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Matoh Dogara.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bajoga’s name was forwarded to the assembly by Governor Mukhtar Yero on Monday.

    The motion for consideration of the nomination was moved by Alhaji Balarabe Jigo, representing Kakangi constituency and seconded by Alhaji Nasiru Maikano.

    Members who contributed to the debate said Bajoga had garnered vast experience in public and private life which would serve the state well.

    After the contributions, the deputy speaker said “the house has agreed and approved the appointment of Nuhu Bajoga as the deputy governor of Kaduna State”.

    NAN reports that Bajoga was born in 1949 in Kwoi, Jaba Local Goverment Area of the state.

    He attended S.I.M Primary and Secondary Schools, Kagoro in 1959 and 1968 respectively, before moving to St. Paul College Zaria in 1970 to complete his secondary school education.

    He obtained a Diploma in Accountancy from Kaduna Polytechnic in 1975 and became an Associate Chartered Accountant after completing a course at Slough College England in 1980.

    The deputy governor designate had worked with the Kaduna State Government as Accountant between 1975 and 1976 from where he joined Ashaka Cement Plc as Internal Auditor in 1980 and rose to become General Manager in 1993.

    Bajoga served as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Poland with concurrent accreditation to the Czech Republic between 2004 and 2007, and was elected the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in March 2012.

     

  • Akwa Ibom deputy governor resigns

    Akwa Ibom deputy governor resigns

    The Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has resigned from office.

    In a letter of resignation dated Wednesday, October 31, the deputy governor said he was resigning on personal grounds.

    A statement signed by his Press Secretary, Inemesit Ita, said Ekere thanked the governor and the people of the state for the opportunity given him to serve the state in the last 17 months.

    “Mr. Ekere wished the governor and the people well in the remaining years of the administration, “ the statement added.

     

  • Taraba Assembly directs CJ to set up panel against Deputy Governor

    Taraba Assembly directs CJ to set up panel against Deputy Governor

    The Taraba State House of Assembly yesterday continued impeachment proceedings against Deputy Governor Alhaji Abubakar Sani Danladi. The lawmakers directed the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Josephine Tuktur as a matter of urgency, to constitute an investigative panel that will probe Danladi’s alleged offences. The deputy governor was on September 4, served with an impeachment notice, for alleged “gross misconduct, sharp practices and lack of capacity to function as a deputy governor”. He was given 14 days to satisfactorily respond, failure which he would be impeached.

    The deadline expired on Tuesday, a day after he (Danladi) was stopped from receiving the national honour of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) by President Goodluck Jonathan.

    The directive (on the judiciary) followed Danladi’s response to the impeachment notice, which compelled the legislators who are on recess to convene an emergency sitting at about 9.30p.m last night. The dusk plenary was attended by 21 members, who formed quorum.

    Having deliberated on Danladi’s reply, which lasted for several hours, the Assembly members unanimously decided that the Judiciary should come in as an arbiter to investigate all the allegations that led to the impeachment process and whether the House’s moves were lawfully.

    19, out of the 23-member House had signed the impeachment notice. But yesterday the two members that initially refused to sign the impeachment notice appended their signatures on the document.

    To give Danladi fair hearing, the judiciary was given three months to carry out their investigation, which the House said they will abide by the outcome of the findings.