The Niger State House of Assembly has confirmed the eight Commissioner-nominees, whose list was submitted by the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello.
The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Hon. Ahmed Marafa, after opening the envelope, said Bello submitted the list in line with section 2, sub-section 192 of the1999 Constitution of Nigeria, as amended.
It should be recalled that the Governor had on October 29, 2015 submitted the first batch of list to the state House of Assembly for screening and confirmation.
Amongst those who made the first batch are Kabiru Abbas Musa, Barrister Dan Mallam Masara, Ramatu Mohammed Yar’Adua, Mamman Musa, Jonathan Vatsa, Fatima Mudugu and Mustapha Jubrin.
The Speaker, while confirming the list as submitted by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Hon. Mikhail Al-Amin Bmitosahi, in the state House of Assembly, disclosed that the list contained the names of Commissioner-nominees in the initial list.
Marafa further stated that Bello said in the correspondence that the list will come in two batches.
He explained that the next batch will soon be made available to the state Assembly.