From Okwe Obi, Abuja
The Zamfara APC Youth Vanguard has called on President Bola Tinubu to reconsider the appointment of Yazid Shehu Umar Danfulani as Executive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGMI).
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, had issued a statement announcing the replacement of Danfulani with Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi, whose tenure as SMDF/PAGMI Executive Secretary recently elapsed.
The Chairman of the group, Muhammad Usman Gusau, in a statement yesterday said: “No doubt Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi has contributed her quota in piloting the affairs of SMDF/PAGMI since 2017 she assumed office. It is time to take the solid minerals sector to a greater height by a purposeful, resourceful and innovative leader.
“We therefore urge President Bola Tinubu to graciously reconsider and review the mix-up in the appointment of Yazid Danfulani and Hajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi as Executive Secretary of SMDF the same day.
“Danfulani is an embodiment of patriotism, a development expert with enormous intellectual capacity.
“He will bring his wealth of experience in banking, computing and business administration to bear on the solid minerals sector, having worked meritoriously at the Central Bank of Nigeria and served as a Commissioner of Commerce and Industry in Zamfara State.
“With a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Arts and Management from the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, Danfulani will certainly bring a high sense of commitment and innovation in repositioning the Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative to actualise President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
“We urge Mr President to graciously take another look at the mix-up in the appointment and consider Yazid Danfulani as the Executive Secretary of SMDF.”