Jigawa commissioners panic as Gov Namadi finds offices locked during surprise visit

Fear has reportedly dispersed among commissioners and elder authorities officials successful Jigawa State pursuing an unannounced inspection of the State Secretariat by Governor Umar Namadi connected Monday.

The governor’s astonishment visit, the 2nd of its benignant since helium assumed bureau successful 2023, was aimed astatine assessing workers’ attendance, monitoring committedness to authoritative duties crossed ministries and authorities agencies, and inspecting ongoing renovation enactment astatine the secretariat.

During the inspection, Governor Namadi moved from 1 ministry to different and recovered galore offices locked, with lone a fistful of messengers and information unit present.

The offices of the Secretary to the State Government, the Head of the Civil Service, and the Accountant General were each locked erstwhile the politician arrived. Several commissioners and imperishable secretaries were besides absent from their work posts.

Out of the state’s 18 commissioners, lone the Commissioner for Works was recovered successful his bureau during the inspection. The imperishable secretaries of the Ministries of Health and Livestock Development were besides present.

The improvement has reportedly created uncertainty among members of the State Executive Council, with galore officials said to beryllium apprehensive implicit imaginable disciplinary measu...