Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has directed all political appointees in the state to resign their positions latest on April 30.
The governor directed that each notice of resignation must be submitted along with a handover note, signed by the political appointee on behalf of the ministry, agency, department or office to which he or she had been appointed.
El-Rufai stated that all resignation letters should be addressed to the principal private secretary.
In a statement on Tuesday, the governor’s spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, said El-Rufai thanked all for their effort in ensuring the administration’s success in his first term.
He said: “As he constitutes the team that will assist him in his second-term, the governor said he expects the process to be enriched by the handover notes from the political appointees, and the report of the Transition Committee headed by the Deputy Governor-elect, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe.”
According to the statement, those excluded from the directive are “full-time Commissioners of certain State Executive bodies who retain their tenured appointments in the following agencies:
i. Fiscal Responsibility Commission
ii. Civil Service Commission
iii. Judicial Service Commission
iv. Assembly Service Commission
v. The State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM)
vi. The Peace Commission
vii. Public Procurement Authority
viii. Water Regulatory Authority
Also, the statement said that “due to recent adjustments in roles within the government, the occupants of and recent appointees into the following offices are also exempted from the directive to resign:
Commissioner of Finance
Principal Private Secretary
Accountant-General
Special Adviser, Intergovernmental Relations
Managing Director, Kaduna Markets Development Company
Managing Director, Kaduna Investment and Finance Company, and
Any other political appointee sworn-in or appointed to their current role within the last six months.”
