Governor Tanko Al-Makura

Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has approved the appointment of Muhammed Musa-Danazumi as the new Chief of Staff to the Government House.

Musa-Danazumi was a former Commissioner in the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

This is contained in a statement issued in Lafia on Monday and signed by Amb. Suleiman Umaru-Azores, the Secretary to the State Government.

The statement said that the governor also approved the appointment of Alhaji Hamza Elayo-Mohammed as Special Adviser, Command and Information Centre.

Elayo-Mohammed was also a former Commissioner in the Ministry of Information and Ethical Re-orientation.

Also appointed was Ishaku Usman as a Permanent Secretary. He was a former Director, Legal Drafting, Ministry of Justice.

Al-Makura was quoted as saying that: “this is the time for us to work because the elections are over; we need to get the right people in the right places,”

He said that his administration would engage “most qualified people” to assist in running the affairs of the state.

The governor described the performance of government officials in the last administration as impressive.