Inuwa Yahaya sets to reconstitute SEC, transmits 23 Commissioner-Nominees to Assembly for Confirmation

By: Monday Munkaila, Gombe

Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, is set to reconstitute the State Executive Council (SEC) as he, on Tuesday, formally transmitted names of Twenty-three Commissioner nominees to the State House of Assembly seeking legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

In a letter dated June 29, 2026, and addressed to the Speaker of the Gombe State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Mohammed Luggerewo, the Governor invoked Section 192 (2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), requesting the Assembly’s approval to appoint the nominees to assist in the formulation and implementation of government policies and the effective administration of the state.

According to the letter, the nominees forwarded to the House are: Alh. Abdulkadir Mohammed Waziri, Alh. Sanusi Ahmed, Haj. Aishatu Mohammed Bose Ahmed, Engr. Bala Adams,
Mr. Micah Sunday Hamman and Mohammed Saidu Mohammed
L.D. Faruk, Esq.

Others are: Muhammad Gambo Magaji, Prof. Aishatu Umaru Maigari, Zubairu M. Umar, Esq., Adamu Dishi Kupto, Shehu Yerima Abdullahi, Ibrahim Shehu Turaki and Sani Ahmed Haruna, Esq.

The rest are: Moses Kyari Bolda,
Yusuf K. Jalingo, Dr. Usman Maijama’a Kallamu, Prof. Danladi Adamu Bojude, Alh. Salihu Baba Alkali, Dr. Bertha Danji, Dr. Habu Dahiru, Nasiru Muhammad Aliyu and Yusuf Abdu Kwadon, Esq.

The Governor noted in the correspondence that the nominees were carefully selected to provide policy direction and functional contributions necessary for the efficient running of the machinery of government and the consolidation of the administration’s development agenda.

In the letter, the Governor expressed confidence in the Assembly’s consideration of the request and conveyed the assurances of his highest regard to the Honourable House.

The Gombe State House of Assembly is expected to commence the screening and confirmation process in the coming days, after which the successful nominees will be sworn in and assigned portfolios to drive the next phase of the administration’s governance and development programmes, as contained in a statement signed by Ismaila Uba Misilli, Director-General (Press Affairs), Government House, Gombe.