Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has withdrawn Dr Ibrahim Yusuf Ngoshe as a commissioner nominee.
The Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, who announced this in a statement issued on Saturday, explained that the number of commissioner nominees is now down from 18 to 17.
Zulum’s decision was contained in a letter written to the Borno State House of Assembly on Friday evening.
Governor Zulum, the statement recalled, had on Friday, July 28, 2023, submitted 18 names to the Assembly, including that of Ngoshe, whose name was the 13th.
