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Cost Of Governance: Zamfara Governor Reduces Ministries From 28 To 16
Dr Dauda Lawal, governor of Zamfara has signed an Executive Order restructuring the state government ministries from 28 to 16.
The measure is to cut wastage in government and eliminate duplication of functions.
This was revealed in a statement on Thursday by Governor Lawal’s Spokesperson Suleiman Bala Idris.
He said the governor signed the Executive Order on Thursday at the Council Chambers of the Government House, Gusau.
The newly approved ministries are those of Education, Agriculture, Budget and Planning, Commerce, Trade and Industry, Science and Technology, Environment and Natural Resources, Finance, and Health.
Others are: Information and Culture, Justice, Housing and Urban Development, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Religious Affairs, Women Affairs and Social Development, Works and Infrastructure, Youth and Sport, Internal Security and Home Affairs.
Meanwhile, the State Government has fully paid the inherited backlog of workers’ salaries, including that of June.