The Kaduna State House of Assembly yesterday confirmed state chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Nuhu Bajoga, as deputy to Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero amid tight security.
Ambassador Bajoga’s confirmation followed the nomination letter sent by Governor Yero to the House, requesting for his confirmation as deputy governor to fill the vacant position after having gone through security screening and found fit for the post.
National Mirror noted that security team guarded the entrance of the House of Assembly to prevent breakdown of law and order or protest by aggrieved groups. A few policemen were also seen at Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) secretariat gate along Waff Road to monitor activities of those who planned to protest against the confirmation Ambassador Nuhu Bajoga as the deputy governor, but the group later did not show up.
It will be recalled that various groups, including Coalition of Concerned Southern Kaduna Professionals and Coalition of Southern Kaduna Youth, among others have kicked against Ambassador Bajoga’s nomination, saying it was a plot to silent them ahead of 2015 general elections.
But during its emergency session, the House of Assembly, which presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Mato Dogara, unanimously affirmed Bajoga as the new deputy governor and wished him success.
The deputy governor’s appointment was to fulfill constitutional requirement following the death of former Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa. Yakowa died in a navy helicopter alongside former National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Azazi, and others while returning from Bayelsa State.
Ambassador Bajoga was born on July 4, 1949 in Kwoi, present Jaba Local Government in the Southern part of Kaduna State. Bajoga, an accountant, joined Ashaka Cement Plc in 1980as the first Internal Audit Manager.
He was appointed Area Manager for Bauchi, Jos and Kano in 1981 and served in that capacity until 1988.
Bajoga was appointed Ambassador extra-ordinary and plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Poland and concurrently accredited to the Czech Republic by the administration of former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Bajoga was elected the Kaduna State Chairman of PDP in 2012.
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