Kano government scraps higher education ministry, sacks deputy as commissioner

The Kano State Government has officially abolished the Ministry of Higher Education and merged its functions with the Ministry of Education.

The decision, announced connected Monday by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, comes arsenic portion of a broader restructuring of the state’s acquisition sector.

Under the caller arrangement, each responsibilities for universities, colleges, scholarships, and different tertiary acquisition matters volition present beryllium handled by the Ministry of Education.

A Directorate of Higher Education volition beryllium acceptable up wrong the ministry to oversee these functions.

The determination besides removes Deputy Governor Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo from his relation arsenic Commissioner for Higher Education.

Note that the alteration comes amid rumoured hostility betwixt the politician and the lawman governor, including discussions of impeachment against the deputy

The Kano authorities stated “that the restructuring aims to amended coordination successful the acquisition sector, trim duplication of functions, and chopped governance costs, portion strengthening oversight and the prime of tertiary acquisition successful the state.

Kano authorities scraps higher acquisition ministry, sacks lawman arsenic commissioner