Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, has said that his new set of commissioners are not wealthy persons and that they are not in office to acquire wealth.
El-Rufai said this on Friday at the inauguration of new commissioners at the Government House, Kaduna.
“They are neither rich nor in office to acquire wealth, they will manage billions of naira of public resources but they must comply with financial regulations and processes,” he said.
The governor said he chose insiders to run his cabinet for their sound education, intelligence, and capabilities to hit the ground running.
He said all commissioners and management of ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) would be subject to strict quarterly reviews, adding that anyone that missed two quarters would be fired.
“This is because we must maximise the little time available to deliver to people who voted us into office. So I expect compliance to achieve the desired results.
“Please counsel and encourage them to do right to all manner of persons without fear or favour, affection or ill will. Remind them and indeed all of us always that genuine public service is a call to duty which we must all account for to God sooner or later,” El-Rufai said.
The governor urged people who were interested in occupying offices of permanent secretary and executives of agencies to apply as there were vacancies to fill up.
He also announced that the state government would recruit more teachers, thousands of health workers, administrative officers and other professionals into the public service.
