close
Saturday, September 16, 2023

Gov. Mutfwang appoints 136 special assistants

The governor picked eight appointees from each of the 17 LGAs.

• September 15, 2023
Plateau governor, Caleb Mutfwang
Plateau governor, Caleb Mutfwang (Credit: Caleb Mutfwang)

Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has approved the appointment of 136 special assistants.

This was contained in a statement by the governor’s director of press and public affairs, Gyang Bere, on Friday in Jos.

According to the statement, those appointed are the first batch of aides whose portfolios would be communicated through their respective local government councils.

The governor picked eight appointees from each of the 17 LGAs.

(NAN)

We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.

More from Peoples Gazette

Katsina State

Politics

Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku

“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

Presidents Julius Maada Bio and Joe Biden

Africa

I rejected U.S. pressure to interfere in Sierra Leone’s election, President Bio alleges

President Julius Maada Bio was declared winner of the June 24 election after amassing 56.17 per cent of votes.

NSCDC officials on duty used to illustrate the story

NationWide

NSCDC parades seven suspects for alleged energy theft, N13 million fraud

One of the suspects had collected N13 million under false pretense of wanting to buy five plots of land for his victim in Ikorodu, Lagos.

Africa

France won’t cut cultural ties with Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso: Minister

Entertainment businesses in France had criticised the government’s decision to ban all partnerships with artists from these African countries.

Africa

Corpses pile up as floods ravage Libyan city

A flood had smashed down buildings and swept people out to sea in the Libyan city of Derna.

Ovidio Guzman Lopez(Credit:BBC)

World

El Chapo’s son extradited to U.S. on drug trafficking charges

Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 32, is reputed to have taken over the powerful Sinaloa cartel after his father’s arrest seven years ago.

Adamu Kibiya (Credit: ministry of land and physical planning)

Politics

“Collect bribes to compromise election petition, lose your life,” Kano official warns Nigeria’s corrupt judges

“Any judge that allows himself to be used and collect bribes and pass judgement that is not right…must choose between his life and the bribe money he collected.”