Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu, has appointed 50 Hausa singers, comedians, and 15 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) as Special Assistants.
Presenting the offer of appointment to the three categories of people at the party office in Birnin Kebbi on Friday, the Kebbi State Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Kana-Zuru said the offer signified the Governor’s liberality to give all manner of people a sense of belonging.
He described the Governor as a man of the people and a leader admired by all, adding that the governor indeed wanted to touch the lives of the Kebbi people in all ramifications.
Kana-Zuru advised the appointees to do everything possible to justify the confidence reposed in them by supporting the present administration in the state to deliver the dividends of democracy to its populace.
In his remarks, the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Yakubu Ahmed-BK described Governor Idris as a reformer, who not only brought positive transformation to the state but also ensured human capital development.
He said the decision of the governor to absorb such a caliber of people into his government was informed by his desire to embrace and accommodate all manner of people into his leadership.
The commissioner lauded the governor for embarking on different projects that have a direct bearing on the lives of the common people while urging all and sundry to rally round the governor to enable him to achieve his desired mission and vision of transforming the state.
Ahmed-BK listed achievements of the governor including; the completion of the Multi-Billion Naira Ultra-Modern State Secretariat, expansion of Birnin Kebbi city roads to triple lanes with solar-powered street lights, construction of blocks of classrooms in different schools and construction of primary and secondary health facilities.
Others according to him, are the distribution of fertilizers to farmers free-of-charge, the distribution of solar-powered water pumps to boost dry season farming, the supply of other farm implements, as well as youth and women empowerment among others.
