Kano sets up 17-member transition committee

The Kano State Executive Council has approved the formation of a 17-member Transition Committee for the handing over of baton to the incoming administration.

This was revealed by the state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Mallam Muhammad Garba.

The EC also approved a 100-member sub-committee to be drawn from various ministries, departments and agencies.

Garba was giving journalists outcome of the weekly meeting which held at Council Chamber, Government House, Kano.

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According to him, the governor-elect, Abba Kabir, is expected to give three representatives for the main committee.

He said the committee, under the chairmanship of the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, had the following as members:

They are Head of Civil Service, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Commissioner for Information, Commissioner for Environment and Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives.

Others are Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Commissioner for Local Government, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Commissioner for Finance, Commissioner for Education, Director-General, Bureau for Land Management, Director-General, Research and Documentation, and the Managing Director, Urban Planning and Development Agency.

Garba said the Permanent Secretary, Research Evaluation and Political Affairs, would serve as secretary of the committee.

He stated that the main committee would, among others, work in harmony with a view to assiduously write and submit a final transition/handing-over report within three weeks.

The commissioner revealed that the main transition committee had been mandated to commence the process of transition programme and also document the achievements recorded within the two tenures of the administration of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

He said the committee would also obtain and analyse reports from the MDAs in terms of major accomplishments, including ongoing projects/programme in relation to the level of execution/fiscal profile, problems, constraints, etc from May 25 to date.

Garba said that the committee would be coordinating and facilitating activities of the sub-committee on transition, collate and compile their report as well as write and submit a final transition and hand-over report for the incoming administration within four weeks after inauguration.

He said the committee would be unveiled by Governor Ganduje on Tuesday by 2pm at the Africa House, Government House, Kano.