The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has reappointed Yusuf Imam, whom he sacked last year for trolling Vice President Kashim Shettima.
It can be recalled that Governor Yusuf sacked Imam as his Special Adviser for Youth and Sport last September following a statement he made against Shettima.
The governor had also sacked the commissioner for land and physical planning, Adamu Aliyu, who issued a death threat to judges of the state’s governorship electoral petition tribunal when the governor’s election was being challenged in court.
While revealing their sack from office last September, the government’s spokesperson, Halilu Dantiye, noted that the views expressed by both officials do not represent the official position of the state government under Governor Yusuf.
He said, “While the Special Adviser on Youth and Sport, Alhaji Yusuf Imam, made unguarded and disrespectful statements on His Excellency Alhaji Kashim Shettima GCON, the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,. For these reasons, the Governor of Kano State has relieved the two officials of their appointment with immediate effect: Commissioner of Land and Physical Planning, Alhaji Adamu A. Kibiya, and the Special Adviser on Youth and Sport, Alhaji Yusuf Imam.”
However, a few months after the termination of their appointments, both men have now been reappointed.
News About Nigeria gathered that Aliyu, who was sacked over his ill statement against the tribunal judges, was reappointed in March while Imam was recalled in April.
Disclosing Imam’s re-appointment in a statement on Tuesday, the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, revealed that Imam was reappointed to his previous office as the Governor’s Special Adviser for Youth and Sport.
The spokesperson further noted that the governor also approved the appointments of additional special advisers and other heads of government agencies.
