Executive Council of Kano

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The Executive Council of Kano is a constitutional organ which exercises executive power in the Nigerian administrative unit of Kano State. It often make decisions via Orders in Council.[1]

Executive councilors are informally called "state ministers or commissioners", the exception being the Council of the Third Republic which had "State secretaries". The Council is presided over by a Governor, Deputy Governor or a senior minister acting with the powers of the Governor.[2]

Councils[]

EXCOS Chair Span
First Exco Audu Bako 1967-75
Second Exco Sani Bello 1975-78
Third Exco Abubakar Rimi 1979-80
Fourth Exco Abubakar Rimi, Audu Dawakin Tofa 1980-83
Fifth Sabo Bakin Zuwo 1983
Sixth Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya 1992-93
Seventh Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso 1999-2003
Eighth Ibrahim Shekarau 2003-2007
Ninth Ibrahim Shekarau 2007-2011
Tenth Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso[3] 2011-2015

References[]

  1. ^ Danyaro, Mohammed (1998). Kano: Thirty years of statehood. Kano State Government.
  2. ^ "Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria".
  3. ^ Punch. "Ganduej swears in new commissioners". Punch Nigeria.
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