Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has eliminated his deputy, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, from his location as Commissioner for Higher Education following a major restructuring of the education sector in the insist.
The constructing comes after the governor scrapped the Ministry of Higher Education and merged it with the Ministry of Education.
The determination successfully ends Gwarzo’s role as a commissioner in the insist cupboard. The restructuring is phase of what the authorities described as efforts to give a steal to the coordination of policies and tempo up reforms in the education machine.
The announcement was contained in a assertion issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa.
Per the assertion, the defunct Ministry of Higher Education will now feature below the Ministry of Education through a newly created directorate dedicated to tertiary education management.
The assertion acknowledged: “The directorate can be headed by a Everlasting Secretary and supported by the the largest personnel to verify efficient management of better education institutions in the insist.”
It further explained that all and sundry businesses previously working below the veteran Higher Education Ministry will now return to the Ministry of Education.
The assertion added: “Beneath this restructuring, all businesses below the defunct Higher Education Ministry such as Scholarship Board will return to the Ministry of Education whereas insist owned universities and other Higher Education Institute will additionally be supervised by the brand new Directorate below the merged ministry.”
Authorities officers acknowledged the restructuring types phase of wider reforms geared in the direction of bettering governance in the education sector.
Per the assertion: “The pass is phase of the insist authorities’s ongoing Verbalize of Education sector reform, geared in the direction of repositioning the sphere, weeding out duplication of tasks, bettering protection coordination across all ranges of education and cutting back imprint of governance.”
Governor Yusuf acknowledged the restructuring would assist lower administrative prices whereas bettering efficiency and accountability in the management of education in the insist.
