Gov Shettima appoints 77 assistants
From TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri
Monday, March 19, 2012


Governor Kashim Shettima has appointed additional three special advisers and 77 special assistants, the biggest since the creation of the state over 30 years ago.
The new appointment, which was conveyed through a statement by the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Communications, Isah Umar Gusau, indicated that apart from the ealier appointment of 25 special advisers, additional advisers had been added to the list. These include Kaka Shehu Lawan (SA Legal Services), Hassan Dlakwa (SA Office of the Governor) and Alifa Buka Rann.
According to the statement, the new appointments include 49 senior special assistants as well as 28 special assistants. Two journalists, Miss Kwupchi Bata of the Nigerian Television Auhtority (NTA), Maiduguri and Alhaji Usman Kumo of the Federal Radio Corporation, FM Station, Maiduguri, were given senior special assistant on TV and special assistant on radio respectively.

The governor also appointed Alhaji Waziri Imam as the new chairman for the state transport corporation, Borno Express and established 11-man feeding committee with 15 zonal supervisors, five from each of the senatorial districts of the state. The committee would be expected to carry out feeding of secondary school students in the state.
Other schedules of the committee include ensuring effective monitoring and supervision of the feeding system to make sure there was quality in the food chain and feeding processes adequate feed as well as checkmate possible attempts at pilfering food items.

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What is it with all the wasteful spending in government borne out of having so many advisers/assistants who will in-turn appoint their own assistants?? Are the commissioners who have their own assistants to boot now ceremonious positions - can someone enlighten me of the functions of these numerous special advisers and assistants other than duplicating ministries and responsibilities just for the sake throwing cash around, wastefully?

Yet, they are demanding 13% derivation like the ND.

This man should better stop this unnecessary appointment and face the states problems

this shettima guy ix too wasteful! As an indegene of Borno, i know 2 well thy are jst there to loot nd get fat with the funds meant for the ppl. Instead of using the mony meant for the salaries of these ppl to grant scholarships to indegenes in tertiary institutions as myself. #mtchewwwww

And Boko haram dey tidy him state , left , right and center. Well, they are all goons and celebrated thieves, every one of them even to our lowly councillors.

anoda waste of tax payers money!!!

This is my annoynace with Boko haram.....They should go and put their bleeping bombs at the right places and leave the long suffering masses alone!!

mojounited:
Other schedules of the committee include ensuring effective monitoring and supervision of the feeding system to make sure there was quality in the food chain and feeding processes adequate feed as well as checkmate possible attempts at pilfering food items.

So you employ people to make sure that other people don't steal your food. Okay o. They wouldn't steal food if they weren't hungry.

Its easy to sit in front of ur laptop n type trash, am sure shettima should make 1 of his numerous critiques SA on Boko affair he won't hesitate to grab d offer. Hypocrites

Total madness by the way what is this reporter timothy doing in borno state is he not afraid of boko haram's bombs.

With this mallam-clown as a leader of the state the menace of Boko Haram and poverty will be endemic in Borno. His principle is clear: Settle the elders and allow the boys to take care of themselves. Really, we have mediocres as leaders

Is it any wonder the state is full of Boko Haram. Some people are trying to post as if its no one lese's business except Borno people, but can anybody say Boko Haram is nobody business today?

I think GEJ should get EFCC to that place fast and they should put governors in the north who will develop the place. That will make Boko Haram less attractive to most.

and wasteful governance continues.what has this govt done that positively impact on d indigenes & indigent.What advise are they going to give him that the commissioners cannot give him.How will he be able to filter all d info these large group will be giving him?

Pakavy: anoda waste of tax payers money!!!

Do they pay tax in Borno?

Ijogz K: Do they pay tax in Borno?

yes..even for d bombs use.and borno state govt wul kip quite as long as they deviants pay up

One would even have lost count on the number of assistants available in the system. Not trying to sound tribal but talk about wasteful spending, especially when the insecurity in the north was created by this same style of throwing cash around for personal aggrandizement (which does not get to the common man on the street) and neglect over the years, yet the northern governors and elites are playing Oliver twist; asking for more allocation from oil generated revenue whilst insulting the southern governors that the allocation accrued to the south is too much for them to manage properly/effectively. . Hypocrites! >

*sigh*