His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State has approved the on of the Nasarawa State Bureau for Economic Empowerment.

The reorganisation as approved is as follows:

1.      The re-designation of the Office of Director-General, Bureau for Economic Empowerment to the position of Permanent Secretary;

2.      The re-designation of the Office of Executive Secretary, Relevant Technology Board to the position of General Manager;

3.      The transfer of the Relevant Technology Board from the Bureau of Economic Empowerment to the Ministry of Science and Technology as a Parastatal.

Consequent upon this reorganisation, His Excellency has also approved as follows:

i.            The re-designation of Mallam Sabo Ogah, Special Adviser, Poverty Reduction as Special Adviser, Economic Empowerment;

ii.            The redeployment of the of the Present Director-General of the Bureau for Economic Empowerment, Barrister Labaran Magaji to the Office of the Executive Governor as Director-General, Special Duties;

iii.            The redeployment of the present Executive Secretary of the Relevant Technology Board, Alhaji Usman Adams to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development;

In another development, His Excellency, the Executive Governor has also approved the following appointments:

I.            Mallam Ibrahim Ahmadu Adamu as General Manager, Relevant Technology Board;

II.            Abdulkarim Attah Iyimoga as Coordinator, Informal Sector in the Office of the Executive Governor;

III.            Mr. Sule Musa Moyi as Director-General, Hospitality in the Office of the Executive Governor

A statement signed by Timothy Anjide, Secretary to the State Government sated that all the appointments and redeployments take immediate effect.