Buni swears in new Head of Service,2 Commissioners,4 Perm.Secs,Others

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state has on Thursday sworn-in the newly appointed Head of Service,two Commissioners,four Permanent Secretaries, and 28 Special Advisers for effective service delivery in the state.

Shortly after the sworn in of the new Head of Service,Hamidu M. Alhaji, Governor Buni said,the state is losing experienced hands to retirement,he should cultivate a new effective and efficient workforce to serve the  people of the state.

The Governor assured that,Yobe government would provide the office of the HoS with all the necessary support to train and retrain the workforce to promote efficiency in  service delivery.

"Let me, however, warn that this administration would not tolerate favouritism in appointments and promotions to undeserving persons while the most qualified and deserving persons are abandoned and frustrated. 

"We must promote competence and merit to make the civil service efficient and productive. We must differentiate between civil service, " he said.

The newly appointed commissioners include Prof. Abba Idris and Alh. Mohammed Mohammed Bara.Buni charged the new commissioners to contribute positively to the formulation and execution of all government policies, programmes, and projects prudently and transparently for the benefit of the people of the state.



"You are also expected to use your wealth of experience and inject new ideas to add value to the achievements recorded by this administration. You should be mindful of serving the people first with great consideration to the future of the state, " he said.

Gov. Buni charged the Special Advisers to carry their constituents along to understand the government policies and programmes.

"Most often,our communities are left behind because we fail to bring them on board to understand the workings of government policies and programmes". 

The Chairman of the Teaching Service Board, Yakubu Dokshi, three members of the State Independent Electoral Commission and a member of the Local Government service commission, were also sworn into office by the governor.


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