Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero Sworn In As Kaduna State Governor, Pledges Continuity
Monday, December 17, 2012Omoba
Former deputy Governor of Kaduna state, Alhaji
Mukhtar Ramalan Yero has been sworn in as the Governor of Kaduna state
following the death of the state governor, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa in a
helicopter crash in Bayelsa state on Saturday.
The oath of office was administered on Yero by the
Kaduna state Chief Judge, Justice Rahila H. Cudjoe at the state’s Government
House .
Speaking shortly after he was sworn-in, Yero
pledged to build on the good foundation laid by late Yakowa. He said the vision
of late Yakowa was to secure, unite and develop Kaduna state.
Yero was commissioner of Finance in Kaduna state
before the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. He was elevated to the position of Deputy Governor
to the late governor after then governor Namadi Sambo was picked by Goodluck
Jonathan to serve as Vice President.
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