AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has nominated two more female commissioners to the Executive Council (exco), bringing the number of women in his 14-member exco to six.
A statement yesterday by Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye, the Special Adviser on Media and Communication to the Governor, said that the House of Assembly had cleared the nominations of Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni and Hajiya Halima Lawal as commissioners-designate for Health and Agriculture.
Twelve commissioners were sworn in on July 12 and four women were among the exco at that time.
The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Kaduna State, Commissioner for Public Works and Infrastructure, as well as Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, including the Commissioner, Human Services and Social Development, were part of the 12-member exco.
The nomination of Dr. Mohammed-Baloni and Hajiya Halima on Wednesday brings the number of women in the El Rufai administration to six.
Adekeye said Mohammed-Baloni is a medical practitioner, who is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians.
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The Commissioner for Health-designate holds a Master’s degree in Public Health and has had over 20 years of practice as a clinician and then as a public health professional,” he added.
Adekeye said Dr. Mohammed-Baloni’s “career has been devoted to improving health and well-being of children and women.”
“She has helped build the capacity of government partners through technical skills transfer in planning, analytics, formulating strategies and monitoring for results,’’ he added.
The statement further said that the Commissioner-designate for Health has strong leadership skills, which have been refined through her training and honed at the prestigious INSEAD Business School.
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