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Cabinet reshuffle
imminent in Yobe
From BABATUNDE BISHOP, Damaturu
THERE is an uneasy calm in Yobe State over the intention of Governor
Mamman Bello Ali to reshuffle his cabinet, a development that has
since attracted more goodwill messages and jingles on some
electronic media in the state from the political class.
Journalists in the state have since been inundated with calls as to
when the state governor would take action, but our correspondent
reliably gathered that the new cabinet members would soon be
appointed following recent court victories by the governor.
According to a reliable source, “this is to give the governor an
ample opportunity to bring in some eligible politicians that will
see to his vision toward the development of the state, because the
present ones were selected in order to play along with the previous
governor’s continuity agenda.”
Another reason for the reshuffle, according to feelers in the
Government House, is that one of the sister states’ (Brono) Governor
Modu Sheriff has just reshuffled his cabinet, and is believed to
have the same political ideology with Governor Ali. “I believe oga
is going to do the same soon,” the source who pleaded anonymous
said.
The source further stated that no fewer than 80 politicians of both
the ruling party and opposition parties members were jostling for
various political offices, while over half of the immediate past
executive council members are lobbying the governor for a second
chance.
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