Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has scrapped the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs following the Supreme Court judgment granting autonomy to Local Governments across the federation.
Mohammed announced this yesterday shortly after swearing in three newly appointed commissioners to replace those who resigned to contest the August 17 local government election.
The Governor said that the state will now work towards reducing the cost of governance and “shrinking establishment.”
“We have dropped one of our commissioners –the former health commissioner, (Dr. Adamu Sambo) because we have to reposition ourselves.
“First, to reduce the cost of governance, shrink the establishments of the government, and implement the judgment of the Supreme Court on local government.
“We will no longer have a commissioner for local government henceforth,” he said.
LEADERSHIP reports that the last commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, the late Ahmed Aliyu Jalam, was involved in a road crash about four months ago. Two others resigned to contest local government elections in August.
Also, a former Chairman of the Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (BACATMA), Sani Mohammed Dambam, has been posted to the Ministry of Health, Zainab Babatakko for the Ministry of Women Affairs and Child Development and Engr. Mohammed Abdulkadir for the Ministry of Commerce.