Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect.
The Governor’s Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Zailani Bappa, announced this in a statement on Monday.
He disclosed that the Secretary to the State Government, as well as the Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, were also relieved of their appointments.
Governor Matawalle also directed the dissolution of the chairmen and members of the state commissions, as well as the boards of various agencies.
He, however, stated that the directive does not affect commissions provided for by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In a statement by his Special Adviser Public Enlightenment, Media and Communication, Mallam Zailani Bappa, the governor also suspended with immediate effect the District Head of Nasarawa Mailayi, Alhaji Bello Wakkala.
He approved the constitution of a high-powered committee of some credible personalities to investigate the activities of the suspended traditional title holders of Dansadau and Nassarawa Mailayi.
The Committee members comprise of DIG Mohammed Ibrahim Tsafe (rtd) as Chairman; Hon. Yusuf Alhassan Kanoma, Hon. Ibrahim T Tukur, Sheikh Ahmad Umar Kanoma, Sheikh Abdullahi Umar Dalla Dalla, Sheikh Kabir Umar Maru as members while Barrister Abdurrashid Haruna would serve as Secretary.