Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has appointed an eight-man committee to deliberate on the harmonisation of the framework to be adopted for the autonomy of the legislature and judiciary as it affects the two arms of government in the state. The state committee, according to the governor will be chaired by his Deputy, Hon. Abubakar Magaji, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Suleiman Usman (SAN) and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mallam Saidu Umar. Tambuwal, who is also the Vice-Chairman of the NGF, disclosed that the committee was set up without prejudice to the subsisting federal government arrangements on the matter. So, we need to harmonize and come up with a common framework that will work in the interest of these are institutions,” he stated.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 22, 2020 15:11 UTC