Nasarawa governor sacks commissioners, other political appointees

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has dissolved the state executive council, sacking all the commissioners and other political appointees.

The commissioners and political appointees were mostly recommended to the governor by his predecessors. They were inaugurated on November 1, 2019.

Sule made the announcement during an emergency state executive council meeting, which was held at the Government House, Lafia, the state capital on Monday.

The governor also announced the sack of his special advisers and senior special assistants, except those manning humanitarian services and sustainable development goals.

He thanked them for the services rendered to the administration, stressing that his administration would continue to count on their support in the future.

Responding, Associate Professor Abdulkarim Abubakar, who was the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, commended the governor for giving them the opportunity to serve the state and his administration.

He assured the governor of their continued support ahead of the 2023 general elections.

According to the sources, Sule had to dissolve them to enable him to build his own structure and boost the chances of getting a second term ticket.

Daily Trust quoted a source as saying, “We all know that most of the political appointees in this state were recommended by past governors of the state under pressure.

“So, I believe that he is sacking them to be able to bring his foot soldiers into the political limelight before the commencement of the local government elections on October 6th and the governorship election in 2023 because he has been getting endorsement across the state to continue as governor.”

Further investigations by our correspondent indicated that the governor had earlier summoned the formers state’s executive members for a meeting on his plan to relieve them of their appointment.