The Kano State Government has announced the removal of Deputy Governor Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo from his role as Commissioner for Higher Education and officially abolished the ministry and merged its functions with the Ministry of Education.
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, who announced the decision on Monday, said it is part of a broader restructuring of the state’s education sector.
He explained that under the new arrangement, all responsibilities for universities, colleges, scholarships, and other tertiary education matters will now be handled by the Ministry of Education.
The Governor further said a Directorate of Higher Education will be set up within the Ministry of Education to oversee these functions.
“That the restructuring aims to improve coordination in the education sector, reduce duplication of functions, and cut governance costs, while strengthening oversight and the quality of tertiary education in the state,” Gov Yusuf said.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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