Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has approved the appointment of Alhaji Aliyu Tijjani-Ahmed as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG).
This was made known in a statement issued by Abubakar Ishaq, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs and Special Services Office of the Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa, NAN reports.
According to him, Mr Yakubu Lamai has also been appointed as Director-General, Strategic Communication and Press Affairs to the governor, a position he occupied during the immediate past administration of Umaru Al-Makura.
Other appointments include: Mr John Mamman as Special Adviser to the governor on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs; Dr Dominic Bako – Special Adviser on Finance, while Abubakar Imam-Zanwa is Special Adviser on Matters.
Also appointed were Mr Samuel Egya, Special Adviser, Governor’s Officer and Abubakar Murtala Mohammed is to serve as Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Development Partners.
Ishaq noted that the appointments was in furtherance of the commitment of the new administration to commence the implementation of its policies and programmes for sustained development in the state.
The new appointees would be inaugurated on Wednesday, June 19, at the Government House, he added.
Gov. Sule had on May 31, announced his first set of appointments after inauguration, comprising nine senior special
assistants
