Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has nominated Adamu Atiku, the first son of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 general election as a commissioner on a list of 23 commissioner nominees he forwarded to the State Assembly for screening and confirmation on Wednesday.
Also on the list is Abdullahi Prambe, Secretary of the Adamawa State chapter of the PDP.
Mr. Aminu Iya-Abbas, Speaker of Adamawa House of Assembly read out the governor’s letter during plenary on Wednesday.
Atiku loyalists, Ibrahim Mijinyawa and Umaru Daware who both defected from the All Progressives Congress to the PDP shortly after they resigned their posts as commissioners under the administration of former Governor Jibrilla Bindow, were also nominated as commissioner nominees for Yola North and Fufore local government respectively.
Others are Mohammed Umar (Madagali), Elijah Tumba (Michika), Dr. Ishaya Dabari (Michika), Sunday Mathew (Mubi North), Prof. Isa Abdullahi ( Mubi South), Hassan Kaigama (Maiha), Dr. Umar Garba ( Hong), Lami Patrick (Gombi), Usman Diyajo (Girei), Mustapha Jika (Yola South), Sanusi Faruk ( Toungo), Bappa Isa ( Ganye), Aloysius Babadoke ( Jada) and Shuaibu Audu ( Mayo Belwa).
Iliya James (Demsa), Dishi Khobe ( Numan), Justina Nkom (Lamurde), Wilbina Jackson (Guyuk) and Adamu Titus (Shelleng) are also on the list.
Before Wednesday’s list, Governor Fintiri had appointed Barrister Afraimu Jingi as Commissioner of Justice and Attorney General out of exigency because there are legal appeals involving the state.
The house had on Tuesday approved the list of 40 Special Advisers for the governor.
House Committee Chairman on Information, Mr Japhet Kefas, said no date has been fixed for their screening of the commissioner nominees.
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