In what appears to be the beginning of reorganization in Kano State, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has ordered for immediate sacking of eight directors at the Kano Internal Revenue Service.
This was contained in a circular issued to newsmen in Kano signed by the Executive director Support Services, Hamisu Sule Garko on behalf of the chairman, Kano state internal revenue service, Alhaji Sani Abdulkadir.
The statement said, “The decision is part of the ongoing efforts towards achieving the desired objectives of the present Government”.
The affected persons have been directed to handover to their deputies with immediate effect.
The circular reads in parts as follows:-
“As part of the ongoing efforts towards achieving the desired objectives of the present Government, I am directed to inform you that the undermentioned Directors have been relieved from their post (responsibilities) and are to handover to their Deputies with immediate effect.
“The affected directors include: Director Assessment, Muhammad Kabir Umar, Director Human Resource, Kabiru Magaji, Director Government Business, Ibrahim Sammani; Aminu Umar Kawu, Director Road and Other Taxes, and Muhammad Auwal Abdullahi, Director Tax Audit, Investigation and Debt Management.
“Other Directors are Abubakar Garba Yusuf, Director of ICT, Hamisu Ado Magaji, Director of PAYE, and Bashir Yusuf Madobi, Director of Legal and Enforcement,” the circular said.
With this development, there are strong indications that, the 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi might be returned to his throne.
Meanwhile, Analyzer news gathered that, some civil servants and traditional rulers in Kano state have been in total fear of being sacked in the ongoing reorganization by the administration of Governor Abba Gida-Gida.