The governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has sacked the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Salihu Kwaya-Bura.
The sack was announced in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau.
According to the government, the move was aimed at repositioning the state’s health ministry.
The governor thanked Kwaya-Bura for his contribution to the health sector.
“The governor has directed his Chief of Staff, Isa Marte, a Professor of Pharmacology and Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science with specialty in cancer research, to oversee the affairs of the ministry pending the appointment of a substantive commissioner.
The statement reads in part: “Zulum expresses gratitude to Kwayabura for his immense contributions to the development of Borno public health sector in nearly two years of the current administration and the years he had served under the previous administration.”
