Governor Uba Sani appoints new Commissioners

From:Femi Oyelola in Kaduna

Kaduna State Governor, Sen(Dr) Uba Sani, has appointed two new Commissioners —Prof. Abubakar Sani Sambo as the Commissioner of Education and Barrister Gloria Ibrahim as the Commissioner of  Youth Development.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ibraheem Musa and made available to the media in Kaduna,  yesterday.

The statement also states that the outgoing Commissioner of education, Prof. Sani Bello (Mainan Zazzau) has been deployed to the newly created Ministry of Information.

Ibraheem Musa noted that, both the appointments and redeployment are with immediate effect as Governor Uba Sani expects Prof. Abubakar Sambo to reinvigorate the Education Ministry to deliver on his administration’s agenda, which is aimed at improving access to education, building and rehabilitating infrastructure, enhancing the capacity of teachers, harnessing the capacity of ICT, prioritising girl-child education and strengthening security in schools.

He added that, in line with his administration’s focus on refocusing and empowering Kaduna State youths to play vital roles in a fast changing and technologically-driven world, Governor Uba Sani expects Barrister Gloria Ibrahim to fashion out creative, innovative and implementable programmes and projects to make the Youth Development Ministry a leading center for high impact solutions for  youth related issues.

While congratulating Prof. Abubakar Sambo and Barrister Gloria Ibrahim on their well deserved appointments, Governor Uba Sani wished them God’s guidance and protection in their new assignments.

“Prof. Abubakar Sani Sambo, the new Commissioner of  Education is an accomplished academic, administrator and a recipient of the National Productivity Order of Merit (1997) and Officer of the Order of the Niger (2000).”