Why Borno governor sacked health commissioner

Governor Zulum says commissioner was sacked as part of efforts to reposition Borno health sector

Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has sacked his commissioner for health, Salisu Kwaya-Bura, a government statement said.

No reason was given for the sack of Mr Kwaya-Bura, who was the chief medical director of the state Hospital Management Board before his appointment as commissioner.

Isa Gusau, the special media adviser to the governor, said Mr Kwaya-Bura’s sack was part of a move to reposition the health sector.

The sacked commissioner was the secretary of the state COVID-19 high-powered task force.

Though the deputy governor, Umar Kadafur, is the chairperson of the COVID-19 committee, Mr Kwaya-Bura had on various occasions acted as the head of the committee.

“Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has relieved the state’s commissioner of health, Dr Salihu Kwayabura, of his position,” Mr Gusau said in the statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES.

“Governor Zulum’s directive was part of the necessary measures to reposition the ministry.

“Governor Zulum expresses gratitude to Dr Salihu Kwayabura for his immense contributions to the development of Borno’s public health sector in nearly two years of the current administration, and the years he had served under the previous administration.

“Governor Zulum has directed his chief of staff, Professor Isa Hussani Marte, who is a professor of pharmacology, a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science with a speciality in cancer research, to oversee the state’s ministry of health pending the appointment of a substantive commissioner,” the statement said.

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