Kwara Governor Reshuffles Cabinet

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has carried out a minor reshuffling of his cabinet, a statement by the state government has confirmed.

The statement signed by the Secretary to the Kwara State Government, Mr Isiaka Sola Gold, on Tuesday said four Commissioners were affected in the exercise.

According to Mr Gold, the development was approved by the Governor in order to “re-energise governance in the state.”

Engineer Idris Garba was moved from the Ministry of Energy to the Ministry of Industry and Solid Mineral Resources while Mrs Fumilayo Isiaka Oniwa moves from Ministry of Industry and Solid Mineral Resources to the Ministry of Commerce and Cooperatives.

Continuing, the Secretary to the State Government said Mr Ahmed Muhumamed Rifun is posted from the Ministry of Commerce and Cooperatives to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, whose erstwhile Commissioner, Mr Muideen Olaniyi Alalade, is now in charge of the Ministry of Energy.

Mr Gold disclosed in the statement on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital, that all the postings are with immediate effect.