Sokoto govt sets up panel to review Tambuwal’s last-minute appointments
A nine-person panel has been created by Sokoto State Governor Ahmad Aliyu to examine all the appointments that former Governor Aminu Tambuwal made toward the conclusion of his term.
The commission, which is led by the former minister of police affairs, Malami Dingyadi, has been expressly tasked with reviewing the renaming of tertiary institutions and the nominations of some traditional rulers.
The panel will also look at the transfer of the institutions and the appointment of members of their Governing Councils by the previous administration, according to a statement made on Monday in Sokoto by Malam Abubakar Bawa, the Governor’s Press Secretary.
Additionally, they must assess all recent appointments made by former governor Aminu Tambuwal to traditional rulers and respond to grievances brought up against some of those appointments.
“It is also to further advise the government on any matter of public interest related to issues on the matter.”
According to The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Aliyu ordered the annulment of the name of the tertiary institutions and suspended the appointments of the affected traditional rulers upon taking office.
Additionally, he disbanded the boards of directors for all parastatals and governmental institutions.
Bature Shinkafi, Dr. Kulu Abubakar, Isa Sadiq-Achida, Suleiman S/Fulani, and Dr. Umar Yabo, who serves as Secretary, are some of the members of the investigative panel.
