Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, the governor of Jigawa State has listed good governance and sustainable service delivery at both the state and local government levels as cardinal priorities of his administration.
Speaking at an induction training course organized by the Ministry for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development for the newly appointed local government secretaries and education secretaries of the 27 local government areas in the state, the governor noted that local government was the closest administrative structure to the people.
He said that his administration intended to set the stage for the tortuous journey to the socio-economic development and empowerment of people, especially at the grassroot.
The governor, who was represented on the occasion by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Adamu Abdulkadir Fanini, charged the participants on the need to exhibit the fear of Allah and sincerity in discharging their responsibilities, being among the cardinal principal of the present administration.
In his, welcome address, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu said there was no time more auspicious than now to undertake the exercise for the new appointees, in view of the need to secure increased understanding and commitments of all public servants to the new administration in the state in its drive to entrench positive change through respect for the rule of law, accountability, transparency and bottom-up approach to governance.
The occasion was Chaired by Alhaji Musa Ayuba (Dallatun Gumel), a seasonal and veteran local government administrator.
