Cabinet rejig: Group hails Elrufai over Bashir Said, others
The APC Solidatity Forum has commended Governor Nasir Elrufai for appointing an “experienced technocrat and one of the founding pillars of the APC in Kaduna” Alhaji Bashir Said.
In a statement made available to newsmen in Kaduna, the group said the appointment of Bashir Said was a demonstration of the fact thay the governor was set to turn around the fortunes of Kaduna State “in the spirit of Next Level”.
Chairman of the group, Hafiz Ali Kujama said in the statement that Governor Elrufai has “done something quite spectacular by appointing Bashir Saidu because the man has been very friendl to all APC members in the State and turnes around party’s fortunes especially in Zaria and many parts of the State through his generousity and wide consultations”.
Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan, said in a signed statement on Monday that the ministry has not had a substantive commissioner since the resignation of Suleiman Abdu Kwari became effective on 7th January 2019.
Alhaji Saidu is one of the original 13 commissioners cleared by the Kaduna State House of Assembly in 2015 and he took the position of Commissioner for Local Government in the first cabinet.
He was appointed Chief of Staff in December 2016.
Alhaji Saidu’s mandate, according to the statement, is to restructure and reposition the Ministry of Finance within the shortest possible timefor the challenges of the second term of the Nasir El-Rufai government.
He will be assisted in that task by Mr. Idris Samaila Nyam, the erstwhile Permanent Secretary in the ministry, who has been appointed Accountant-General.
