The Borno State House of Assembly has given approval for the state’s deputy governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, to serve as acting governor as Governor Umara Zulum proceeds on a 21-day vacation.
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The approval, which was conveyed by Speaker Abdulkarim Lawan in a letter dated April 26, 2021, stated that Kadafur was to serve as acting governor from April 29 to May 19, 2021.
Governor Babagana Zulum had on April 23, 2021 written to the Assembly, seeking the lawmaker’s approval to proceed on a 21-days vacation.
“The governor also requested that in compliance with provisions of Section 190 (1) of the constitution, which made him notify the House, the Assembly should approve the deputy governor to serve as acting governor throughout the 21 days, to constitutionally give him the full powers to handle Borno State’s affairs without resort to the governor,” Malam Isa Gusau, Zulum’s spokesman noted in a statement yesterday.
Gusau said all government officials and institutions were directed to fully comply with the ‘transmission of power.’
The statement, however, did not indicate the reason for the governor’s vacation.
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