Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has appointed his immediate past Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr. Aminu Hassan Gamawa as new Chief of Staff (CoS), Government House, Bauchi.
The appointment, which takes immediate effect, was contained in a statement by Mukhtar Gidado, Special Adviser, Media & Publicity to the Governor of Bauchi State.
Dr. Aminu Gamawa holds a Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Law from Harvard Law School at Harvard University, USA; one of the prominent centers of learning in the World.
He hails from Gamawa in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, a legal practitioner, teacher, policy expert and public servant who has worked across a wide range of organizations, government agencies, educational institutions and non–profitable entities.
In 2019 Dr. Gamawa was appointed as Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Bauchi State.
He was also the State Focal Person for World Bank Projects, Chairman of Bauchi State COVID-19 Economic Recovery Committee 2020, Vice Chairman of Bauchi State World Bank States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS), Regional Representative of Technical Working Group on Subnational Ease of Doing Business, among other responsibilities.
While at Harvard he was the Coordinator of Harvard Law School Graduate Forum (2011-2014) and a teaching fellow.
He presented many academic and professional papers at local and international conferences. Dr. Gamawa was in the year 2020 awarded with the National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award.
The Bauchi governor had on Wednesday announced the dissolution of the State Executive Council, along with most political appointees.
Also speaking during an event marking Democracy Day in Zaki town, Mohammed said he sacked his cabinet because he needed ‘real politicians’ he could work with to develop the state.
“Those that I stopped, they don’t know how to play politics and I cannot work with those types of people. I just have to get others, real politicians that can do the job together with me and bring Bauchi out of a quagmire,” he had said.
