El-Rufai Appoints New Permanent Secretaries

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has appointed five new permanent secretaries.

This follows the exit of three permanent secretaries from the public office.

The Governor made this known in a statement titled, ‘KDSG appoints new permanent secretaries as three exit the public service,’ released on Tuesday.

The statement read, “The Kaduna State Government has announced the appointments of five new Permanent Secretaries to fill vacancies created by the exit of incumbents, one of whom sadly died in service.

“Permanent Secretaries serve in the 14 ministries, the Governor’s Office, the statutory commissions, and other agencies.

“A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House named the new Permanent Secretaries as Abubakar Umar, Yusuf Sale, Adamu Atama, Balarabe Wakili, and Ya’u Tanko.

“Following the new appointments, Permanent Secretaries are now deployed into as follows:

“Ibrahim Jere for the Ministry of Agriculture, Haliru Soba for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Technology, Mohammmed Shuaibu for the Ministry of Finance, Adamu Mansur for the Ministry of Health, Habiba Shekarau for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development;