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Niger governor, Sani Bello, sacks cabinet

By Akin Alofetekun, Minna
17 October 2017   |   4:22 am
Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has announced the dissolution of the state executive council.

Abubakar Sani Bello

Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has announced the dissolution of the state executive council.

The governor made the disclosure after the weekly executive council meeting in Minna, in a statement signed by his chief press secretary, Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace.

Bello however retained three newly appointed commissioners in the ministries of tourism and culture; mineral resources and livestock and fishery.

The governor also directed all the permanent secretaries of the affected ministries to take charge until new appointments were made.

The statement further said that weekly executive council meetings have been suspended until a new cabinet is put in place.

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