Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has cancelled all appointments and employment, which his predecessor, Sen Mohammed Bindow, made in the last few months and weeks of his administration.
Bindow had done a number of appointments, effected promotions and constituted boards of some government agencies close to the end of his term, but Fintiri said Thursday evening in a speech meant for a state-wide broadcast, that all such commitments had ceased to have any effect.
Fintiri said, “All appointments made into the state Judicial Service Commission, Civil Service Commission, Planning Commission, and boards of the Adamawa State Health Insurance Scheme, chairmen and members of the Jimeta Ultra Modern Market Board are hereby suspended.
“Equally, all appointments made on or after 28 March 2019 are hereby suspended on grounds of public interest.
“Also, all last-minute recruitments done on or after 28 March 2019 through mere waiver without observing the laid down procedure such as Federal Character are hereby suspended.”
He added that a committee would be set up to “thoroughly review the hasty recruitments and decide on the need to conduct a proper exercise that will be open to all eligible citizens, including those affected by the suspension.”
He similarly announced the dissolution of all the chairmen and members of boards, parastatals and commissions, and asked the outgoing chairmen and members to hand their organisations and public properties in their possession to the most senior civil servants in their establishments.
He added that the governing boards of all tertiary institutions owned by the state were dissolved effect from May 29, and that the boards would be reorganized “in accordance with their extant laws.”
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