Gov AbdulRazaq reshuffles cabinet, swears in two new commissioners

The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Wednesday carried out a minor cabinet reshuffle after he inaugurated two new commissioners and a special adviser.

The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, confirmed the development in a statement in Ilorin.

The new commissioners are Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu and Abubakar Saddiq Buhari.

Modibbo-Kawu, is however, returning to the cabinet after she resigned to vie for the House of Representatives ticket in the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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She has been assigned to the Ministry of Education while Buhari will head the Ministry of Communications.

Alhaji Abdul-Razhaq Abubakar Jiddah was inaugurated as the Special Adviser on Special Duties.

The statement read: “Governor AbdulRazaq also announced a minor cabinet reshuffle involving five commissioners – Alhaji Wahab Femi Agbaje who has moved from Water to Energy; Mariam Ahmed Hassana, from Energy to Women Affairs; Abdulmaliq Bashir Mopelola Risikatulahi, from Women Affairs to Water; George Olabode Towoju, from Communication to Youth; and Adamu Jamila Bake, from Youth Development to Planning.”

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