On Tuesday, Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda sacked his Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants and Personal Assistants. The sack, however, did not affect the governor’s Special Adviser on Due Process and other aides working directly for him and his deputy.


The Permanent Secretary, Political Affairs, Alhaji Hashimu Yakubu, in a statement said that the Executive Governor of Bauchi state has approved the disengagement of the appointees with immediate effect: "All Special Advisers, with the exception of the Special Adviser, Due Process. All Senior Special Assistants; Special Assistants and Personal Assistants, with the exception of those who work directly under the Executive Governor or the Deputy Governor," the statement said.

It said all affected officers were to hand over all government property in their possession to the heads of organisations where they served.