Niger creates three new Ministries, to recruit 250 graduates

The Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has created three new Ministries and directed the immediate recruitment of 250 graduates into the state civil service.
Bello announced this in a statewide radio and television broadcast to mark this year’s Democracy Day and the second anniversary of his administration in Minna.
He also approved the appointment of 17 new Permanent Secretaries for efficiency and vibrancy of the state civil service.
The governor said the decision to create the new Ministries was informed by the desire to further enhance the full potentials of the state and in fulfilment of the restoration agenda policy of his administration.
This brings the number of ministries in the state to 18 from 15.
According to the governor, in order “to further harness our full potentials in the state, government had decided to create additional three ministries namely; Ministry of Forestry and Animal Resources, Ministry of Solid Minerals Development and Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
“I have also directed the State Civil Service Commission to immediately recruit and inject 250 graduates from the 25 local government areas into the state civil service. In addition, I have also approved the appointment of 17 new Permanent Secretaries based on merit and with immediate effect.”
Governor Bello observed that the state public service has been intensely exposed to damaging partisanship and external influences that have compromised its integrity and created negative perceptions which make relations with political leadership and public school image difficult to manage.
To this end, the governor announced an overhaul in the top brass of the state civil service by directing 16 Permanent Secretaries to proceed on immediate retirement leave, while eight serving Permanent Secretaries are retained and two others who have been in acting capacity had their appointments confirmed.
Bello said the ongoing exercise and changes in the civil service was designed to allow for the emergence of a new crop of leadership and to reinvigorate the service and entrench equity and fairness.