Following his reelection as Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, has approved the constitution of a transition committee to prepare the groundwork for his next government, which begins on May 29, 2019.
The Kaduna State Transition Committee 2019 is to be chaired by Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, the deputy governor-elect of the state.
The Transition Committee, which will be inaugurated next week, has Alhaji Balarabe Abbas Lawal, the Secretary to the State Government, as Vice-Chairman and Muyiwa Adekeye, the Special Adviser- Media and Communication, as Secretary.
Alhaji Balarabe Abbas Lawal also chaired the APC Kaduna Transition Committee in 2015, with Mr Adekeye as Secretary.
The Transition Committee includes APC State Chairman, Air Commodore Emmanuel Jekada, the two APC senators-elect from Kaduna State, Suleiman Abdu Kwari and Uba Sani, and Hajiya Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, the Minister of Finance.
Other members are business magnate, Alhaji Idris Othman, Husaini Adamu Dikko, a past president of the Institute of Quantity Surveyors, and Mr Charles Bonat, a former SSG of Kaduna State who retired as a federal Permanent Secretary.
Also on the list were Hajiya Hafsat Mohammed Baba, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Professor Kabir Mato, Commissioner for Local Government and Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, the Commissioner, Planning and Budget Commission, who is also a member of the World Bank’s Advisory Council on Citizen Engagement.
Also on the Transition Committee are APC Kaduna Campaign DG, Ben Kure, Campaign Director of Organisation, Dr Muhammad Sani Bello and former DG of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi.
The youth contingent includes Muhammad Hafiz Bayero, Special Adviser-Intergovernmental Relations, and ICT expert Nuradeen Maidoki. Mrs Stella Amako, senior APC member, and Hajiya Umma Aboki, Executive Secretary of KADIPA, are also on the committee.
A statement from the Governor’s Office stated that the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Kaduna State Government are expected to prepare their handover notes and commence briefing the Transition Committee by next week.