Kogi Gets New SSG , Accountant-General, 20 Special Advisers, Others

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has appointed Mrs Folashade Ayoade as the new Secretary to the State Government ( SSG).

In a statement issued in Lokoja on Tuesday, signed on his behalf by his Chief of Satff, Mr David Onoja, the governor also named Alhaji Momoh Jubril as the new Accountant-General of the state.

The list of appointees included 20 new Special Advisers and three Senior Special Assistants on print media, electronic and new media.

The new Senior Special Assistant on print media is Mr Ademu Idako who was until the appointment , the Correspondent of the Newswatch Daily and Chairman of Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists in Kogi

Mrs Petra Akinti Onyebule and Mr Gbenga Olorunpomi are the new Senior Special Assistants on Electronic Media and New Media.

Also appointed are Brig-Gen. Olusola Okutimo as the Security Adviser to the governor, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, Legal Adviser and Mr Abdulkareem Mohammed as the Director-General, Protocol.

The governor also approved the appointment of five special assistants for the Deputy-Governor.

Credit: Leadership

New SSG Appointed

Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State, has approved the appointment of Alhaji Bello Illelah as the new Secretary to the State Government.

His appointment is contained in a statement issued in Bauchi on Thursday by the Permanent Secretary , Special Services, Malam Abdu Aliyu.

Until his recent appointment, Illelah was the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Civil Service Matters.

He had in the past, held various positions, including that of Permanent Secretary, Head of Civil Service, as well as Resident Electoral Commissioner, among others.

Ilelah succeeds the outing SSG, Alhaji Ahmed Suleiman, who was appointed the 11th Emir of Misau.

Credit: NAN