Yuguda appoints 1070 aides

Written by Ahmed Mohammed, Bauchi Tuesday, 27 September 2011 05:02


Governor Isa Yuguda yesterday appointed 1,070 political aides, among them hundreds of special assistants and dozens of senior special assistants whose salaries and other perks would cost the Bauchi State treasury more than a billion naira yearly.


Among the new appointees are 810 special assistants, 94 senior special assistants, 24 directors-general, 20 special advisers, 20 deputy local government chairmen and 20 secretaries for the local government caretaker committees.


Others are four members for each of the 18 local government caretaker committees while Alkaleri and Ganjuwa councils have five members each.

In a statement in Bauchi yesterday, Secretary to the State Government, Barrister Ahmad Ibrahim Dandija, said the appointments were with immediate effect.

No mention was made of how much the new officials would be paid for their services.

But Daily Trust gathered that monthly salary of a special adviser in a state is about N400,000 while a senior special assistant takes about N350,000, in addition to other perquisites of office like official cars and domestic staff. A special assistant receives around N50,000 monthly.

The new appointments in Bauchi yesterday saw the re-emergence of some of Yuguda’s former aides. Abdulmumini Kundak is now Director-General Special Assignment and Duties; Kabiru Baba Maji is DG, Projects Monitoring and Evaluation; Sheikh Sidi Ali Dahir is Director General for Tsangaya Education; former commissioner Mu’azu Musa Badara is now DG for Monitoring and Evaluation of Higher Education; while Isa Kufai rose from council chairman to DG for Abuja Liason.

Former water resources commissioner Mr. Bukata Bukar Bayero is now Special Adviser representing Bogoro Local Government Area and Ahmed Yerima is Special Adviser from Misau LGA.

Other new Directors-General are Sirajo Garba (Due Process), Jibrin Adamu (Assembly Liaison), Sanusi Aska (Hajj Affairs), Phillip Elam (Agriculture Mechanisation and Rehabilitation of Government Equipment and Machinery), Abdullahi Gwaram (Local Government), Mohammed Lawal (Information Communication Technology) and Babani Umar (Protocol).

Also appointed were Ibrahim Babaji (Societal Re-orientation), Mohammad Chindo (Higher Education), Sale Hussaini (Education), Aliyu Jibrin (Projects), Nura Danmadami (Debt Management Agency) and Adamu Toro (Youth and Women Rehabilitation and Development).

Others were Tanko Dutse (Rehabilitation and Resettlement), Muktar Abdu (Public Enlightenment), Danladi Mohammed (Community Relations), Garba Dahiru (Poverty Alleviation), Mohammed Ningi (Establishment of Youth Empowerment and Job Placement) and Isa Tahir (Petroleum and Solid Minerals).

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