Zamfara governor, Bello Matawalle, has announced the removal of 19 permanent secretaries thereby bringing the number of permanent secretaries in the state from 46 to 27.
This was announced in a broadcast on Thursday night by the governor.
Matawalle explained that those affected would be considered for reassignment to parastatals as Directors General or Executive Secretaries.
“The government has reduced the number of Permanent Secretaries from 46 to 27.
This was however, done after a written and oral tests for all the existing Permanent Secretaries,” the governor said.
Matawalle added that he has created a new ministry for Security and Home Affairs.
He named newly created Directorates as Lands Matters, Housing and Urban Development, Chieftaincy Affairs, Maintenance and Disaster Management, Inter Community Relations, Bureau for Public Procurement and Bureau for Public Service.
Read also: Court Dismisses Dakolo’s R*Pe Suit Against COZA Pastor, Fines Her N1m
He disclosed that the reforms followed the White Paper produced after a report of a committee earlier set to study the structure of the Public Service.
The governor however assured the people that his administration will continue to improve on the mechanism of governance and ensure that quality is achieved in service.
The post Zamfara governor, Matawalle removes 19 perm sec for failing test appeared first on YawaNews.ng.