Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has dissolved the State Executive Council.

The dissolution is with immediate effect.

Those affected include the Secretary to the State Government, Sabi’u Baba; the governor’s Chief of Staff, Ladan Salihu, 21 Commissioners, and Special Advisers.

In another development, Gov. Bala Mohammed has ordered the immediate release of funds to assist victims of a fire that consumed Sabuwar Kasuwa along Railway road in Bauchi metropolis.

Mohammed, while visiting the scene of the incident on Sunday, to sympathise with the victims and witness the level of damage, gave the order for the release of the funds as immediate assistance to the victims.