The Kano State House of Assembly on Tuesday 5th November 2019, cleared all the 20 Commissioner nominees submitted to it by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Monday.
The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Abdulazeez Garba Gafasa, according to the statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Kano State Governor, Abba Anwar, at the Plenary on Tuesday, announced the commencement of the screening of the nominees that lasted about three and a half-hour.
The House Majority Leader, Abdul Labaran Madari moved the motion for the screening of the commissioner-nominees and was seconded by Nuhu Abdullahi Achika Wudil.
The House subsequently commenced the screening that started around 10.00 am and ended at about 1.00 pm.
The list of nominees submitted on Monday by the Governor to the Kano State House of Assembly includes Mr Muhammed Garba, Alhaji Murtala Sule-Garo, Ibrahim Mukhtar, Musa Iliyasu-Kwankwaso, Kabiru Ibrahim-Getso, Shehu Na’Allah-Kura, Mukhtar Ishak-Yakasai and Muhammed Tahir-Adam.
Other names include Ma’azu Magaji, Nura Muhammad-Dankade, Zahra’u Umar-Muhammad, Aminu Ibrahim-Tsanyawa, Sadiq Aminu-Wali, Muhammad Baffa-Takai and Kabiru Ado-Lakwaya.
Others are Mariya Mahmoud-Bunkure, Ibrahim Ahmad-Karaye, Mahmoud Muhammad-Dansantsi, Muhammad Sanusi-Sa’id and Lawan Abdullahi-Musa.
The House after dissolving to the committee of the whole and subsequently came to open plenary presided by the Speaker, Abdullazeez Garba Gafasa who requested from the members the clearance of all the nominees in line with their decision at committee of the whole.
Immediately the members’ chorus approval and the nominees were cleared.
They will be confirmed later today by the Governor.