The handover arrangement for Kano state governor-elect, Abba Kabir Yusuf, from sitting Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has begun.
This is as the state Executive Council has approved the formation of a 17-member Transition Committee for a handing over of the baton to the incoming administration in the state.
The council also approved a 100-member sub-committee whose constitution will be drawn from various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).
The state commissioner for information and internal affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba said the governor-elect is expected to give three representatives for the main committee.
He said the committee, under the chairmanship of the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, had the following as members:
They are Head of Civil Service, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Commissioner for Information, Commissioner for Environment, and Commissioner for Commerce, Industry, and Cooperatives.
Others are Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Commissioner for Local Government, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Commissioner for Finance, Commissioner for Education, Director-General, Bureau for Land Management, Director-General, Research and Documentation, and the Managing Director, Urban Planning and Development Agency.
Garba said the Permanent Secretary, Research Evaluation and Political Affairs, would serve as secretary of the committee.
He stated that the main committee would, among others, work in harmony with a view to assiduously write and submit a final transition/handing-over report within three weeks.
The commissioner revealed that the main transition committee had been mandated to commence the process of transition programme and also document the achievements recorded within the two tenures of the administration of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
He said the committee would also obtain and analyse reports from the MDAs in terms of major accomplishments, including ongoing projects/programme in relation to the level of execution/fiscal profile, problems, constraints, etc from 25th May to date.
Garba said that the committee would be coordinating and facilitating activities of the sub-committee on transition, collating and compiling their report as well as writing and submitting a final transition and handover report for the incoming administration within four weeks after the inauguration.
He said the committee would be unveiled by Governor Ganduje on Tuesday by 2 pm at the Africa House, Government House, Kano.
