Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i, yesterday announced the reduction in the number of commissioners in the state from 23 to 13 in a bid to reduce the cost of governance.
According to a statement by El-Rufa’i’s Media Assistant, Samuel Aruwan, the governor will also place limits on the number of aides that the commissioners can have.
According to the statement, “El-Rufa’i has repeatedly stated that the Kaduna State Government must direct more of its resources to delivering public services and as such, the move requires a reduction in the proportion consumed by government.”
The statement announced the scrapping of the Ministry of Information, explaining that the functions of the ministry were being decentralised.
“Each ministry will henceforth have its own public relations unit attached to the office of its chief executive. The realignment of mandates has also resulted in the emergence of two new departments.
“The erstwhile Ministry of Lands, Survey and Country Planning are being moved to the Governor’s Office as a department.
“Similarly, the former Ministry of Rural and Community Development becomes a department in the Deputy Governor’s Office,” the statement said.
