December 7,(THEWILL) Following the medical vacation taken by the Secretary to the Kano State Government(SSG), Dr Baffa Bichi,Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has directed the State Head of Civil Service, Abdullahi Musa, to supervise the SSG’s office.
This is contained in a terse statement issued by Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the spokesperson to the Governor, on Thursday in Kano.
The appointment,Dawakin Tofa said, was as a result of the medical vacation embarked upon by the Dr Bichi who flew out of the country for medical treatment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
He quoted a letter signed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor,Shehu Wada Sagagi, which said the Head of Service “is to provide a supervisory role pending the return of the SSG in the next few weeks.”
Our Correspondent reports that the announcement came in the wake of rumours making rounds in the state that the SSG had been sick in the last few days, which had set tongues wagging among the residents.
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