Sunday, September 2, 2007

Lamido appoints LG caretaker committees


Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state, Wednesday, approved the appointment of seven persons for each of the 27 local governments of the state as caretaker council chairmen and councillors.Government House statement made available to newsmen in Dutse, said the appointments consist of chairmen, their vices and five others as councillors each as caretaker officials.Though the statement did not mention the terminal date of their tenure, it was however, learnt that they may spend three to four months in office going by the pronouncement made by PDP national headquarters, that all PDP controlled states will conduct local government elections before the end of December, 2007.Our correspondent reports that unlike in the immediate past caretaker committees where each local government area had a woman as councillor, under the new arrangement, there is only one female councillor appointed for Kiri-Kasamma local government. She is Hajiya Zahara Kiri-Kasamma, the immediate past special adviser to former Governor Saminu Turaki on women affairs.According to the statement, Auyo local council has Muhammad Kani Auyo as chairman,Yakubu Nadabo vice chairman and five councillors; Babura, Aminu Ahmad Babura chairman, Sa’adu Adamu Kanya, vice chairman; Birniwa, Ali Diginsa, chairman, Muhammad Jaji Ade vice chairman; Buji, Isa Bello chairman, Sale Magaji vice chairman and Dutse, Shehu Umar Chamo, chairman, Sunusi Dankofa vice chairman.Others are Gumel local government which has Abdulkadir Kura as its chairman, Ado Bros vice chairman; Gagarawa, Mutari Ibrahim chairman, Sale S. Pawa vice chairman; Garki, Wada Usman chairman, Abdu Ila vice chairman; Guri, Ali Aji chairman, Abdullahi Zugo vice chairman; Gwiwa, Salisu Sale Indirawa chairman, Abdullahi Idris Daurawa vice chairman; Kazaure, Sani Haruna Bagari chairman, Bashir Usman vice chairman, while Kafin Hausa has DanAsabe Sulaiman Rimi chairman and Ahmad Sale Mezan vice chairman.Similarly, Kaugama local council has Ibrahim Muhammad Abega as chairman, Samaila Husaini vice chairman; Kiyawa Dahiru Muhammad chairman, Ado Idris vice chairman; Kiri-Kasamma, Abba Daguro chairman , Dabuwa Badiso Likori vice chairman; Ismaila Galadi vice chairman; Miga, has Isma’ila Dangyatin chairman, Zakariya,u Sabon Gari vice chairman, while Ringim has Murtala Muhammad as chairman with Yusha,u Abubakar K/ Babushe as vice chairman.The rest are , Roni local council with Bako Amaryawa as its chairman, Babangida Sardo vice chairman; Yankwashi, Sani Bandawa chairman, A. Ibrahim Abdu Danja vice chairman; Hadejia, Abba Haruna chairman, Dansadi Ali vice chairman; M/Madori Baffa Maigari chairman,Alhaji Ahmad Mairakumi vice chairman; Jahun, Idris Dan Lawan chairman, Umaru Turaki vice chairman; Taura, Musa Abdul-Rahman Majia chairman, Muhammad Ali S/Yaya vice chairman; Sule Tankarkar, Muhammad Mujitafa chairman, Ahmad Habu Taka Tsaba vice chairman, while Birnin Kudu chariman, and Abdulwahabu Yahaya vice chairman and five councillors respectively.

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