Executive Council of Kano

The Executive Council of Kano is a constitutional organ which exercises executive power in the Nigerian administrative unit of Kano State. It often make decisions via Orders in Council.[1]

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Executive councilors are informally called "state ministers or commissioners", the exception being the Council of the Third Republic which had "State secretaries". The Council is presided over by a Governor, Deputy Governor or a senior minister acting with the powers of the Governor.[2]

Councils
EXCOSChairSpan
First ExcoAudu Bako1967-75
Second ExcoSani Bello1975-78
Third ExcoAbubakar Rimi1979-80
Fourth ExcoAbubakar Rimi, Audu Dawakin Tofa1980-83
FifthSabo Bakin Zuwo1983
SixthKabiru Ibrahim Gaya1992-93
SeventhRabiu Musa Kwankwaso1999-2003
EighthIbrahim Shekarau2003-2007
NinthIbrahim Shekarau2007-2011
TenthRabiu Musa Kwankwaso[3]2011-2015

References
  1. Danyaro, Mohammed (1998). Kano: Thirty years of statehood. Kano State Government.
  2. "Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria".
  3. Punch. "Ganduej swears in new commissioners". Punch Nigeria.
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