Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf swears in two new commissioners, appointing Sanusi Tofa (also described as Sanusi Bature, his former Director-General of Media and Publicity) as Commissioner for Information and Balarabe Gani, a former Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, to lead the Ministry of Solid Minerals. The oaths are administered by the state Attorney-General, Abdulkareem Maude, at Government House in Kano.
Yusuf tells the appointees to work with dedication, humility, transparency and accountability under his “Kano First” agenda. He tasks Tofa with timely and effective dissemination of government information, including intensifying public sensitisation on drug abuse and tobacco consumption in collaboration with a multi-agency task force. He urges Gani to develop the solid minerals sector to boost economic growth, with the appointments filling vacancies created after a cabinet reshuffle that redeployed the previous office holders.
Other outlets also report the lead-up through the Kano State House of Assembly process. They describe the screening of the governor’s nominees and the later confirmation of the commissioners following plenary deliberations, presenting the story both as an appointment and as part of the legislature’s approval steps.
