Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has sacked permanent secretaries and suspended district and village heads appointed by his predecessor, Bello Matawalle.
The state government said the decision was part of reforms it has embarked upon to correct the mismanagement of the state’s resources by former Governor Matawalle.
The Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Nakwada, in a press conference in Gusau on Tuesday, said the past administration wreaked havoc on the state’s economy.
He said all districts created in December 2022 had been dissolved while permanent secretaries appointed after the 2023 general elections have been sacked as ”full rationalisation of civil service is on the way”.
Speaking further, Mr Nakwada said the state was on the verge of collapse when the incumbent administration was inaugurated in May.
He alleged that Matawalle’s administration indulged in excessive and wasteful spending as well as the rampant looting of government property.
Mr Nakwada said the Matawalle administration neglected critical sectors, especially education and the economy.
He faulted Matawalle’s failure to ensure pupils in the state wrote external final year examinations, especially the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO), which he said the incumbent governor had ‘settled’
