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  • Tanker explosion kills 6

    Tanker explosion kills 6

    *Gunmen kill one policeman, injure another in Kaduna 

    There was a harvest of deaths over the weekend in Kaduna State.

    While a tanker explosion killed six persons, gunmen also killed a policeman and injured another in an attack on a police check-point in the metropolis.

    The fire incident occurred on Friday night at Maraban Jos, Igabi Local Government Area.

    The Chairman of Igabi Local Government Council, Alhaji Abdullahi Kwarau, said that the accident involved two fuel-laden tankers.

    The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) had constructed a trailer park at the Maraban Jos axis of the Kaduna-Zaria expressway to reduce the high rate of fires caused by petrol tankers and accidents caused by articulated trucks parked along the road.

    Kwarau appealed to the state government to expedite action on the construction of more trailer parks on major roads in the state to avoid a recurrence of such accidents.

    Governor Mukhtar Yero condoled with the families of the victims and urged drivers, particularly those of petrol tankers, to be extra vigilant while driving or parking their vehicles.

    Efforts, he said, were on to ensure the timely completion of new trailer parks being constructed in Igabi, Kagarko and Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas.

    The gunmen attacked the police check point at Ungwan Dosa in Kaduna metropolis, killing a policeman and injuring another.

    The injured policeman was said to be receiving treatment at St. Gerard Catholic Hospital, Kaduna.

    The Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Adenaike, who confirmed the incident, said that one of the attackers has been arrested while others escaped with bullet wounds.

    The police boss said that they were yet to ascertain whether the attackers were armed robbers or members of the Boko Haram sect.

    Unconfirmed reports have it that three policemen involved in the attack were rushed to the St. Gerard Hospital where one of them died.

     

  • Kaduna APC stakeholders warn against imposition

    STAKEHOLDERS of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State have warned against the imposition of interim leaders on the party without due consultation with the three legacy parties.

    They asked the national leadership to intervene and save the party in the state from an imminent crisis capable of undermining the gains already achieved.

    Media report suggested that former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Secretary, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, and his sister –in- law, Hauwa Baba –Ahmed, have been asked to pilot the affairs of the party as chairman and treasurer respectively.

    The decision has not gone down well with the stakeholder who said there is no broad- based consultation on the issue.

    Spokesman of the stakeholders under the auspices of Concerned APC Stakeholders, Maitamaki Maiyashi, told reporters they were concerned the situation that led to the mass failure of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 presidential election was beginning to rear its head in Kaduna.

    He said the registration of the APC, following the merger of the three parties, gave Nigerians a ray of hope and altered the political computation in the country towards 2015.

    Maiyashi pointed out “our hope might soon be dashed unfortunately given the emerging circus playing out in Kaduna State.”

    He added: “The smart guys are on the prowl, forgetting the recent history of the Congress for Progressive Change which should be fresh in our mind.

    “We are compelled to request the decisive intervention of the national leadership of the APC to stop the current circus playing out in Kaduna.

    “The imposition of leadership under whatever guise, contrary to basic tenets of democracy is condemnable. Kaduna State should not be the theatre for the comedy of executive rascality under the guise of progressiveness.”

     

  • We won’t obey Kaduna ban on rallies, say activists

    THE Kaduna State police ban on gatherings may face some opposition.

    Kaduna-based rights activist and President of the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) Mallam Shehu Sani and a former state Chairman of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) , who also chairs the Kaduna Salvation Movement (KASMO), Mohammed Musa Soba, said yesterday they will not obey the directive.

    The Kaduna State Security Council, at the end of its weekly meeting on Tuesday, said it was banning rallies, public processions, conferences and seminars across the state without a police permit.

    In separate statements yesterday in Kaduna, the two groups said the government and the security agents were trying to muzzle opposition members and prevent them from gathering.

  • Gunmen invade Kaduna village, kill 15

    Gunmen struck again yesterday in Zangang community of Kaura local government area of Kaduna State, killing about 15 persons and leaving several injured.

    The police, however, said those killed by the unknown gunmen who invaded the community in the early hours of yesterday were 11.

    Survivors of the attack said that the invaders came to the community through two routes, killing and injuring many while also burning houses.

    A villager, Enoch Adong, said many residents were still missing.

    According to him: “The attackers came in two batches. One batch came through the hills side while the other group came through the eastern part, surrounded the community and started shooting.

    “They placed the village under siege while using knives and guns to kill and maim the villagers.”

    During the attack, which he said took place between 6:00am and 8:00 am, the invaders “burnt down our houses and destroyed our properties.”

    Among the killed, he said, were Christopher Bakwap, Benjamen Ganda, Ladi Madugu, Adam Yakubu, Julius Barnabas, Garba Kushuwah, Martha Musa, Michael Aboi, Gaje Lufuwai, Kefas Yusfu, Dauda Yusu, Joshua Bikau, Andrew Bikai, Sheying Immanuel and Gideon Adamu.

    Another resident, Isuwa Jiga, said those killed were mainly youths on the way to their farms.

    He claimed that several villagers in the community have fled their homes and are now taking refuge in neigbouring communities.

    The local government chairman, Mr. Kumai Badu, who confirmed the attacks said about 15 people were killed and several unknown injured.

    Spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Aminu Lawan, also confirmed the attack.

    He, however, said that 11 persons have been confirmed killed by the gunmen.

    Lawan said: “It is true that Zangang community was attacked this morning by unknown gunmen. The number of those killed is 11.

    “Our men are already there. You know that place is hilly and bushy. But they are combing the hills, and we expect them to come out with some results.”

    Similarly, over 2000 people from Nimbia communities along Kaduna/ Plateau border in Jema’a local government area of the state have fled their homes following shootings and burning of houses by another set of gunmen.

    Chairman of the Jema’a local government, Dan Amos, appealed to the people to return to their homes as government was committed to rebuilding the damaged homes.

    He said: “I am speaking to you here on behalf of Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, who is working tirelessly to ensure that peace returns.

    “The security operatives were drafted here to help curtail this situation. Please let us live in peace and harmony because there is nothing better than peace.

    “I am assuring of security and you should report anything suspicious to them and not take laws into your hands.”

  • Is Kaduna about to break jobs jinx?

    At the state and federal levels, the unemployment profile is depressing. The last time he checked the statistics, Dr Christopher Kolade, chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SureP), found that over 40m Nigerians were without jobs. This figure, grossly underestimated and clearly a year or two behind current profile, does not represent everyone that is not working. Those who can work, though are not prospecting, are not included. The figure essentially, if roughly, covers those who are looking for work. Add 40m to the other undocumented segment of the jobless and you have a bustling, frustrated and angry army in our midst.

    This dismal picture is seen across the country and it worsens every year in spite of the rhetoric and best efforts of the state governors and federal authorities.

    Something good seems to be happening in Kaduna State. Reports suggest the textile industry there may come to life after it was left to decline over the years, with much of it eventually dying off. After talks with the Governor Mukhtar Yero administration, foreign investors are said to have visited the state with a view to assessing business viability and setting up shop. Textile is reported to be one crucial area of interest, although other businesses have also caught the eye of the investors. Pakistanis seem to be ahead of the Indians and Chinese in reviving comatose industries in Kaduna.

    Textile holds a lot of interest to me, too, though not as an investor, of course. The industry is a veritable employer, and therefore a problem solver. A recent report said in Kaduna, textile firms had a 300,000-strong combined workforce. That was many years ago when the population of the state was nothing to compare with the present figure. Those workers took their incomes home and sorted out many needs. As everyone knows, unsettled is the home whose bills are scarcely ever settled. And it also spills into the outer society. Brothels, I imagine, are filled with women who were once girls growing up in unsettled homes. Among the community of armed robbers I am sure you will find a good number with similar backgrounds, young men from homes whose breadwinners lost their sources of income because the firms where they worked wound down.  The causes of our jobs crisis are not difficult to determine. Nor do you have far to look before seeing why just about every state seems to be perpetually strapped to federal allocation, which in itself has created another problem of its own. There is almost as much hustle for federal cash as there is to share it, fuelling Nigeria’s most intractable problem: corruption. The drive of industry has remarkably slackened, and with it the dignity of labour. There is this thinking that every seat of government, whether local, state or federal, has some good cash to throw around and if you are smart you just might catch as much as possible. Once thriving local industries have since collapsed, giving rise to roadside entrepreneurs: mechanics, vulcanisers, battery technicians, commercial motorcyclists and tricycle operators and such other hard-working but low-earning workers. Among them, unfortunately, you will find graduates of tertiary institutions.

    One other troubling thing. Whereas Kaduna textile firms once engaged over 300,000, our universities and other tertiary institutions are reckoned to be graduating about that number every year without any hopes of jobs for them.

    If industries are revived in Kaduna it is a good thing. But politicians are difficult to follow. Sometimes the picture they project may differ from reality while what they promise may tarry interminably.

    Still, the news from Kaduna is uplifting. If the dead factories do indeed rise up again, the residents will tell new and exciting stories. Some have argued eloquently that the insurgency in the North fed directly from immediate social dislocations, including poor jobs profile in the region. I agree and I also believe that getting industries working again will make insurgency less attractive.

    What about the rest of the country? I am persuaded that each of the regions has or had its own brand of insurgency, even if by other names. But at its heart is a common economic cause. The Niger Delta question is still fresh in memory. The violence started with breaching pipelines and taking some expatriate oil workers hostage, then the scope widened, with the kidnapping of kings, grandfathers and their grand kids. While all that lasted, the economy of the region suffered as firms were locked up, some relocating to safer grounds far afield. The national economy was hurt too. Can anyone say how much taxpayers’ money went into containing the Niger Delta violence. And who can tell how much the federal government sank into the amnesty programme which involved not just getting the fighters to lay down their arms but also to train many in professions and skills and starting them off in their new vocations?

    If it gets it right, Kaduna may be on the way to inspiring a brand new order in the country. It just might be leading everyone in the direction of solving old problems by exorcising the demons of joblessness.

  • Is Kaduna about to break jobs jinx?

    At the state and federal levels, the unemployment profile is depressing. The last time he checked the statistics, Dr Christopher Kolade, chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SureP), found that over 40m Nigerians were without jobs. This figure, grossly underestimated and clearly a year or two behind current profile, does not represent everyone that is not working. Those who can work, though are not prospecting, are not included. The figure essentially, if roughly, covers those who are looking for work. Add 40m to the other undocumented segment of the jobless and you have a bustling, frustrated and angry army in our midst.

    This dismal picture is seen across the country and it worsens every year in spite of the rhetoric and best efforts of the state governors and federal authorities.

    Something good seems to be happening in Kaduna State. Reports suggest the textile industry there may come to life after it was left to decline over the years, with much of it eventually dying off. After talks with the Governor Mukhtar Yero administration, foreign investors are said to have visited the state with a view to assessing business viability and setting up shop. Textile is reported to be one crucial area of interest, although other businesses have also caught the eye of the investors. Pakistanis seem to be ahead of the Indians and Chinese in reviving comatose industries in Kaduna.

    Textile holds a lot of interest to me, too, though not as an investor, of course. The industry is a veritable employer, and therefore a problem solver. A recent report said in Kaduna, textile firms had a 300,000-strong combined workforce. That was many years ago when the population of the state was nothing to compare with the present figure. Those workers took their incomes home and sorted out many needs. As everyone knows, unsettled is the home whose bills are scarcely ever settled. And it also spills into the outer society. Brothels, I imagine, are filled with women who were once girls growing up in unsettled homes. Among the community of armed robbers I am sure you will find a good number with similar backgrounds, young men from homes whose breadwinners lost their sources of income because the firms where they worked wound down.  The causes of our jobs crisis are not difficult to determine. Nor do you have far to look before seeing why just about every state seems to be perpetually strapped to federal allocation, which in itself has created another problem of its own. There is almost as much hustle for federal cash as there is to share it, fuelling Nigeria’s most intractable problem: corruption. The drive of industry has remarkably slackened, and with it the dignity of labour. There is this thinking that every seat of government, whether local, state or federal, has some good cash to throw around and if you are smart you just might catch as much as possible. Once thriving local industries have since collapsed, giving rise to roadside entrepreneurs: mechanics, vulcanisers, battery technicians, commercial motorcyclists and tricycle operators and such other hard-working but low-earning workers. Among them, unfortunately, you will find graduates of tertiary institutions.

    One other troubling thing. Whereas Kaduna textile firms once engaged over 300,000, our universities and other tertiary institutions are reckoned to be graduating about that number every year without any hopes of jobs for them.

    If industries are revived in Kaduna it is a good thing. But politicians are difficult to follow. Sometimes the picture they project may differ from reality while what they promise may tarry interminably.

    Still, the news from Kaduna is uplifting. If the dead factories do indeed rise up again, the residents will tell new and exciting stories. Some have argued eloquently that the insurgency in the North fed directly from immediate social dislocations, including poor jobs profile in the region. I agree and I also believe that getting industries working again will make insurgency less attractive.

    What about the rest of the country? I am persuaded that each of the regions has or had its own brand of insurgency, even if by other names. But at its heart is a common economic cause. The Niger Delta question is still fresh in memory. The violence started with breaching pipelines and taking some expatriate oil workers hostage, then the scope widened, with the kidnapping of kings, grandfathers and their grand kids. While all that lasted, the economy of the region suffered as firms were locked up, some relocating to safer grounds far afield. The national economy was hurt too. Can anyone say how much taxpayers’ money went into containing the Niger Delta violence. And who can tell how much the federal government sank into the amnesty programme which involved not just getting the fighters to lay down their arms but also to train many in professions and skills and starting them off in their new vocations?

    If it gets it right, Kaduna may be on the way to inspiring a brand new order in the country. It just might be leading everyone in the direction of solving old problems by exorcising the demons of joblessness.

  • Is Kaduna about to break jobs jinx?

    At the state and federal levels, the unemployment profile is depressing. The last time he checked the statistics, Dr Christopher Kolade, chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SureP), found that over 40m Nigerians were without jobs. This figure, grossly underestimated and clearly a year or two behind current profile, does not represent everyone that is not working. Those who can work, though are not prospecting, are not included. The figure essentially, if roughly, covers those who are looking for work. Add 40m to the other undocumented segment of the jobless and you have a bustling, frustrated and angry army in our midst.

    This dismal picture is seen across the country and it worsens every year in spite of the rhetoric and best efforts of the state governors and federal authorities.

    Something good seems to be happening in Kaduna State. Reports suggest the textile industry there may come to life after it was left to decline over the years, with much of it eventually dying off. After talks with the Governor Mukhtar Yero administration, foreign investors are said to have visited the state with a view to assessing business viability and setting up shop. Textile is reported to be one crucial area of interest, although other businesses have also caught the eye of the investors. Pakistanis seem to be ahead of the Indians and Chinese in reviving comatose industries in Kaduna.

    Textile holds a lot of interest to me, too, though not as an investor, of course. The industry is a veritable employer, and therefore a problem solver. A recent report said in Kaduna, textile firms had a 300,000-strong combined workforce. That was many years ago when the population of the state was nothing to compare with the present figure. Those workers took their incomes home and sorted out many needs. As everyone knows, unsettled is the home whose bills are scarcely ever settled. And it also spills into the outer society. Brothels, I imagine, are filled with women who were once girls growing up in unsettled homes. Among the community of armed robbers I am sure you will find a good number with similar backgrounds, young men from homes whose breadwinners lost their sources of income because the firms where they worked wound down.  The causes of our jobs crisis are not difficult to determine. Nor do you have far to look before seeing why just about every state seems to be perpetually strapped to federal allocation, which in itself has created another problem of its own. There is almost as much hustle for federal cash as there is to share it, fuelling Nigeria’s most intractable problem: corruption. The drive of industry has remarkably slackened, and with it the dignity of labour. There is this thinking that every seat of government, whether local, state or federal, has some good cash to throw around and if you are smart you just might catch as much as possible. Once thriving local industries have since collapsed, giving rise to roadside entrepreneurs: mechanics, vulcanisers, battery technicians, commercial motorcyclists and tricycle operators and such other hard-working but low-earning workers. Among them, unfortunately, you will find graduates of tertiary institutions.

    One other troubling thing. Whereas Kaduna textile firms once engaged over 300,000, our universities and other tertiary institutions are reckoned to be graduating about that number every year without any hopes of jobs for them.

    If industries are revived in Kaduna it is a good thing. But politicians are difficult to follow. Sometimes the picture they project may differ from reality while what they promise may tarry interminably.

    Still, the news from Kaduna is uplifting. If the dead factories do indeed rise up again, the residents will tell new and exciting stories. Some have argued eloquently that the insurgency in the North fed directly from immediate social dislocations, including poor jobs profile in the region. I agree and I also believe that getting industries working again will make insurgency less attractive.

    What about the rest of the country? I am persuaded that each of the regions has or had its own brand of insurgency, even if by other names. But at its heart is a common economic cause. The Niger Delta question is still fresh in memory. The violence started with breaching pipelines and taking some expatriate oil workers hostage, then the scope widened, with the kidnapping of kings, grandfathers and their grand kids. While all that lasted, the economy of the region suffered as firms were locked up, some relocating to safer grounds far afield. The national economy was hurt too. Can anyone say how much taxpayers’ money went into containing the Niger Delta violence. And who can tell how much the federal government sank into the amnesty programme which involved not just getting the fighters to lay down their arms but also to train many in professions and skills and starting them off in their new vocations?

    If it gets it right, Kaduna may be on the way to inspiring a brand new order in the country. It just might be leading everyone in the direction of solving old problems by exorcising the demons of joblessness.

  • 24 hours curfew in Kafanchan

    A 24 hours curfew has been imposed on Kafanchan by the local government following skirmishes on Thursday night which allegedly led to the killing of an unidentified number of people.
    The state government and the leadership of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has however appealed for calm in the area, while the Police says that normalcy has returned to Kafanchan.
    As at the time of this report, two version of reports from Kafanchan regarding what transpired were available, with tension gradually building up within the metropolis.
    While one version says that there was violence leading to the death of some people, another version says that there was no violence, but that there was rumour late on Thursday about a planned attack which never took place.
    “There was rumour yesterday that there will be an attack. That generated serious tension in the town. As we speak right now, we are indoor because a curfew has been imposed on Kafanchan. Nobody can go out.
    “We have been trying to call the local government chairman since nobody can go out, but he has not been picking his calls. But I can tell you that there are security operatives everywhere. Yesterday, they went round on a show of force and that further heighten the tension in the town”, said the source.
    The state governor, Mukthar Ramalan Yero asked the people of the area to remain calm and law abiding as Government is doing all within its powers to contain the breach of security in the area and directed security agencies in the state to take necessary actions at returning peace and normalcy to the area following skirmishes over misunderstanding among the people.
    Spokesman to the governor, Ahmed Maiyaki said in a statement made available to The Nation on Saturday quoted the governor as asking the people of Kafanchan to always embrace dialogue as the only means of resolving conflicts rather than resort to taking the laws into their own hands.
    The governor warned those fomenting trouble in the state to desist from their devilish plots to plunge the state into confusion, adding that “as a responsible Government, we shall not shirk our constitutional duty of protecting the lives and property of the entire people of Kaduna State, no matter what it will take.”
    He assured that the government was already investigating the root cause of the conflict and will not hesitate to prosecute anyone found culpable, irrespective of their status in the society and asked the people of the state to go about their lawful businesses in disregard of rumours that may be intended to escalate the situation saying “government, with the support of security agencies has already brought the situation in Kafanchan under control.”
    Governor Yero however commiserated with victims of the crisis and thank all the people of Kaduna State for their continuous support to his administration in its unrelenting efforts at building lasting peace and unity among the diverse people of the state.
    President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Dr. Ephraim Goje appealed for calm in the area while asking the government and security agents to fish out those responsible for the killing of a young man on Monday night which prompted the present action.
    Goje told The Nation on phone that those responsible for the action were enemies of Kaduna state in particular and Nigeria in general and should be brought to book.
    He said “we condemned what is going on in Kafanchan and asked those who initiated the crisis as a result of the killing of a young man to lay down their arms and embrace peace and dialogue in the interest of the state.
    He said further that as a community, SOKAPU is not happy about the constant attack on communities in southern Kaduna and has been appealing to the people to exercise restraints while asking the government to do everything humanly possible to address the problem and put an end to such killings.
    Also in a statement, the Centre for Development and Rights Advocacy reinterated its earlier call on the federal government to declare a state of emergency in the entire southern Kaduna with a view to putting a stop to the constant attack on communities in the area by unknown gunmen.
    In the alternative, they want to government to deploy special troupes to the area to contain the brewing insecurity in the whole Southern Kaduna region that shares borders with Plateau, Nasarawa, Niger, and Bauchi States, and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
    Spokesman of the Centre, John Danfulani said “once more, we woke up today (Friday, 20th September, 2013) with the sad news of another ethno-religious skirmish on Thursday in Kafanchan, Kaduna State between indigenous people of Southern Kaduna and Hausa-Fulani settlers.
    “Report reaching us shows that lives have been lost. Before yesterday (Thursday) night’s anarchy, early signs of coming anarchy were clear but nothing was done to forestall it. Albeit yesterday’s killings and 24 hours curfew imposed in the town.
    “Yesterday’s Kafanchan mayhem along with others, are justifying our earlier call for a declaration of a state of emergency in Southern Kaduna area of the State. Because there are evidences of gross incompetence in administrative and physical management of security in the area.
    “It is now clear; no security arrangement other than total declaration of State of Emergency can nip in the bud this anomie. We have said it before and reiterating it now that there is a genocide scheme in Southern Kaduna going by the persistent killings with impunity. This was how Rwanda and Yugoslavia genocides started. We hope the world will not continue to look the other way in the face of this entire growing phenomenon.
    “Consequently, we beseech Mr. President and Commander-in-Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces to act by adding troubled Southern Kaduna region on the list of states under emergency rule. Mr. President should wear deaf ears on any counsel against a full declaration of a state of emergency in the area.
    “Like Federal Government acted in nearby Nasarawa State, we are demanding fast deployment of troops or at best special military squad to contain the brewing insecurity in the whole Southern Kaduna region that shares borders with Plateau, Nasarawa, Niger, and Bauchi States, and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
     “We are also demanding hourly aerial patrol on thick forests in the area, said to be the globally known International Cattle and Grazing routes in view of its unpolice nature and possible safe haven for bandits and terrorists.“We will not hesitate to hold security agencies, Federal Government, and Kaduna State government responsible should the situation become worst far from the ugly trend we are in. A stitch in time saves nine”.

  • In Kaduna, it’s a waiting game

    In Kaduna, it’s a waiting game

    It is a waiting game in Kaduna as the problem within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP deepens. Political actors in the state are watching the emerging scenerio with keen interest and have refused to be indentified with any of the factions. But one thing that is glaring is the fact that Kaduna PDP is divided into the Sambo and Makarfi camps.

    Even though both of them have been at each other’s neck for a long time, over control of the party, Kaduna state governor, Mukthar Ramalan Yero, recently told members of the party not to abandon the party for the unknown. He said at a birthday dinner for Senator Makarfi that even though there is problem in the house, it will not be ideal for them to abandon the house they helped to build for another whose foundation they knew nothing about. His belief is that it is better to remain and help rebuild the collapsing house. Responding to that request, Senator Makarfi told the governor that it is always better to leave a collapsing house so that it does not consume you.

    One thing that is clear in Kaduna State is the fact that Kaduna PDP is not united at the moment. While the Makarfi group are still mobilising, it is believed that their grouse is against the vice president and his group, whom they believe have not given them the required credit.

    A strong member of the Makarfi group in thr PDP told The Nation that for now, they remain in the PDP, while watching events unfold. “We are in PDP and we remain members of PDP. I don’t know what you are talking about or what you call New PDP. But we are watching events and as time goes on, you will know were we belong.”

    Another member of the party, who worked in the Jonathan campaign organisation in 2011, also spoke in the same vein.

  • Kaduna Cabinet dissolved

    After about nine months as the governor of Kaduna state, Governor Mukthar Ramalan Yero Wednesday  announced the dissolution of the state Executive Council.
    The dissolution of the state cabinet has been long awaited by residents of the state some of whom have dsaid that the present cabinet was incapable of helping the governor deliver on the promises of the government.
    In a statement made available to The Nation, the Director General to the governor on Media and Publicity, Ahmed Maiyaki said that the Commissioners are to hand over the affairs of their ministries to the respective Permanent Secretaries.
    The statement read “at the end of the 25th Executive Council Meeting, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State Dr Mukhtar Ramalan Yero announced the immediate dissolution of the State Executive Council.
    “Gov Yero thanked the outgoing members of the council for their valuable contributions to the state and wished them success in their future endeavors.
    “By this, all Commissioners have been directed to handover the affairs of their respective ministries to their permanent secretaries by Friday, 13th September, 2013”.