El-Rufai sacks all political appointees | Nairalaw

As he commences selecting the team for his second-term in
office, Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has directed all
political appointees to submit letters of resignation by 30th April
2019.

The governor will exercise his constitutional prerogative to
decide on re-appointments while giving the Kaduna State Ministry of
Finance adequate time to compute severance payments and reconcile
any liabilities.

According to the directive, each notice of resignation must be
submitted along with a handover note, signed by the political
appointee on behalf of the MDA or office to which he or she had
been appointed. All resignation letters should be properly
addressed to the Principal Private Secretary.

A statement by the Governor’s spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, stated
that Malam Nasir El-Rufai has thanked all political appointees for
their contributions and service to the state during his
first-term.

He said: “As he constitutes the team that will assist him in his
second-term, the governor said he expects the process to be
enriched by the handover notes from the political appointees, and
the report of the Transition Committee headed by the Deputy
Governor-elect, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe.

“The following appointees are expected to comply with the
directive: All Commissioners in the State Executive Council, All
Permanent Secretaries, Special Advisers, Directors-General,
Executive Secretaries, Managing Directors, General Managers and
other Heads of Agencies, Senior Special Assistants, Special
Assistants and Technical Assistants to the Governor, other than the
Kashim Ibrahim Fellows.

“Excluded from compliance with this directive are full-time
Commissioners of certain State Executive bodies who retain their
tenured appointments in the following agencies: i. Fiscal
Responsibility Commission

Civil Service Commission
iii. Judicial Service Commission

iiii. Assembly Service Commission

The State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM)
The Peace Commission
vii. Public Procurement Authority

viii. Water Regulatory Authority

“Due to recent adjustments in roles within the government, the
occupants of and recent appointees into the following offices are
also exempted from the directive to resign: a. Commissioner of
Finance

Principal Private Secretary
Accountant-General
Special Adviser, Intergovernmental Relations
Managing Director, Kaduna Markets Development Company
Managing Director, Kaduna Investment and Finance Company, and
Any other political appointee sworn-in or appointed to their
current role within the last six months.”