Assembly Confirms Yero as Kaduna Deputy Governor
From John Shiklam in Kaduna, 05.28.2010

Finally, the controversy surrounding the appointment of the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State was laid to rest yesterday when the State House of Assembly confirmed the Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Muhktar Rammalan Yero.

Members of the House, at a plenary sitting, unanimously confirmed Yero as the deputy governor after long discussions with the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state and other stakeholders.

Stakeholders in the state were said to have kicked against Yero’s nomination as the deputy governor on the grounds that the nomination was against the zoning principle in the state.

Yero come from the same senatorial zone (Zone 1) with the state Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Ya’u Jama’a and the Speaker of the House of Assembly Alhaji Hassan Jumare,.

It was learnt that the lawmakers were assured by the party leadership that the speaker would still retain his position in spite of Yero’s appointment as deputy governor

Governor Patrick Yakowa in a letter to the House, dated 21 May 2010 May, 2010, said Alhaji Yero had under gone all the necessary screening and found worthy of the position of the deputy Governor.

Debating the issue on the floor of the House, Hon. Mustapha Bawa representing Zaria City Constituency and Hon. Jonathan Kish Adamu representing Kaura Constituency noted that Yero met all the constitutional provisions regarding his nomination and urged the House to confirm and adopt him as the deputy Governor.

Until his appointment as commissioner of Finance by former governor Namadi Sambo, Yero was an accountant with Sambo’s firm, NALADO Nigeria Ltd. He is expected to be sworn in today or at the weekend.

culled from Thisday

When we question how a man could be hired and fired within one month, Paddy_lo told us we are not using our common sense. That Shehu Ladan was not sacked, he resigned because he had been selected as Deputy Governor of Kaduna.

Even Shehu denied he was in the race for Deputy Governor

paddy_lo:

Yea u win this one mayne. . .

i think he was just given a soft landing by that rumour
apparently he clashed with dizeani madueke the oil minister

another alabi

paddy_lo, kudos for bowing out graciously.

mikeansy, thumbs up for persistence.

another alabi

No i read it on the will newspaper. . check the article below

AU CHIEF. 27/05/2010 08:24:00
[size=14pt]Why Ladan Was Sacked As Another shake Up Looms In NNPC[/size]

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ABUJA, May 27, (THEWILL) - The immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Barrister Shehu Ladan was axed from the corporation for what THEWILL learnt emanated from insubordination to the parent Ministry and indeed the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke.

THEWILL investigation revealed that an instruction was passed from the office of the Minister to the effect that all Group Executive Directors and some staff be removed to pave way for effective transformation of the corporation and the injection of new blood into the system, but all went into the 'deaf' ears of the NNPC Chief Executive who saw nothing wrong for the designers of the transformation policy to still implement same.
Petroleum Ministry sources said the Minister was very annoyed and frowned at Shehu Ladan’s arrogance, a development, the Minister was not comfortable with.
THEWILL equally gathered that kicking the top management staffs of the corporation who were put in place by the former Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, his kinsman from Zaria ethnic nationality, was no doubt a superior insubordination and disrespect for elders in the petroleum industry and felt he could comfortably work with the present executive.

Instead, Ladan publicly dispelled the insinuation of imminent sack of top management staff, as according to him, there was no basis for such speculations as he would neither recommend nor would he accept such instructions from any quarters unless on concrete reasons that borders on corrupt practices and indiscipline.
THEWILL gathered that within the 41 days as NNPC boss, he allegedly refused to approve money from NNPC for some hidden political agenda, apart from establishing mutual rapports with members of the National Assembly.

THEWILL sources further said that the close relationship between the Minister and Mr. President is such that simple request from the Minister was the only magic to kick Ladan out as no visible reason was given for his removal.
Meanwhile, and baring any hitches, the Minister is set to shake up the corporation in a matter of days as Ladan’s sack has paved the way for the Minister to drop her hammer on the remaining top management staff of the corporation.
"My brother the sack of the immediate past GMD of NNPC has paved the way for real shake up as she (Minister) vowed last week in a meeting that the reorganization was long overdue," THEWILL learnt on good authority.
THEWILL sought the side of the sacked GMD on the issue but our effort was fruitless as his phone lines were unreachable.
As at the time of going to press, the current Group Managing Director, Eng. Austen Oniwon and the Minister, Allison-Madueke were at the Presidential Villa to seek approval for the impending reorganization of the corporation.
Meanwhile, some investors that visited the NNPC stand at the just concluded Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, in the United States have frowned at the current instability in the management of the corporation.
The investors in separate phone calls with THEWILL noted that the turnover of the Chief Executives of NNPC in the last three months was capable of eroding investor confidence as the development could trigger policy upturns.
http://thewillnigeria.com/business/4664-Why-Ladan-Was-Sacked-Another-shake-Looms-NNPC.html