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– The second term of Governor Yahaya Bello has officially commenced in Kogi state<\/p>\n

– New commissioners and special advisers have been sworn-in to signal the commencement of a new era<\/p>\n

– The appointees have fulfilled the constitutional provision of being screened and cleared by the Kogi state House of Assembly<\/p>\n

Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has sworn-in 17 commissioners and six special advisers as he kick-starts his second term in office.<\/p>\n

The appointees who were sworn-in on Wednesday, January 29, were earlier screened and cleared by the Kogi state House of Assembly.<\/p>\n

Notable names in the list include Kingsley Olorunfemi Fanwo who is now the commissioner of information and communications; Mohammed Sani Ibrahim (SAN), commissioner of justice, Idris Asiru Asiwaju, finance, budget and economic planning and Engr. Abubakar Sadiq Ohere, commissioner for works and housing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

– The second term of Governor Yahaya Bello has officially commenced in Kogi state – New commissioners and special advisers have been sworn-in to signal the commencement of a new era – The appointees have fulfilled the constitutional provision of being screened and cleared by the Kogi state House of Assembly Kogi state governor, Alhaji […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":19245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1354,396],"class_list":["post-20794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-governor-bello","tag-kogi"],"yoast_head":"\nGov Bello swears-in 17 commissioners, 6 aides in Kogi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"- The second term of Governor Yahaya Bello has officially commenced in Kogi state- New commissioners and special advisers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-swears-in-17-commissioners-6-aides-in-kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov Bello swears-in 17 commissioners, 6 aides in Kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"- The second term of Governor Yahaya Bello has officially commenced in Kogi state- New commissioners and special advisers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-swears-in-17-commissioners-6-aides-in-kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-01T16:58:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Gov-Bello.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"802\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-swears-in-17-commissioners-6-aides-in-kogi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-swears-in-17-commissioners-6-aides-in-kogi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Gov Bello swears-in 17 commissioners, 6 aides in Kogi\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-01T16:58:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-swears-in-17-commissioners-6-aides-in-kogi\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-swears-in-17-commissioners-6-aides-in-kogi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Gov-Bello.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Governor Bello\",\"Kogi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-swears-in-17-commissioners-6-aides-in-kogi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-swears-in-17-commissioners-6-aides-in-kogi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-bello-swears-in-17-commissioners-6-aides-in-kogi\",\"name\":\"Gov Bello swears-in 17 commissioners, 6 aides in Kogi - 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