Performance scorecard for key state commissioners — assessed against their stated mandate and verified deliverables. Ratings reflect independent assessment as of April 2026.
10
Commissioners tracked
5
Good
4
Fair
1
Poor
Good
Mandate
Manage state fiscal policy and public finances through the administration's first term.
Performance assessment
Served the full first term (May 2015 to May 2019) as Kaduna oversaw significant IGR growth and major capital budget increases.
Good
Mandate
Oversee women's affairs policy (2015-2019), then human services and social development (2019-2023).
Performance assessment
Served across both terms, moving portfolios in the 2019 reshuffle; remained in the cabinet through the end of El-Rufai's tenure.
Good
Mandate
Serve as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice for the state's second term.
Performance assessment
Sworn in July 2019 and served as the state's chief law officer through the remainder of the administration.
Fair
Mandate
Oversee housing and urban development policy during the Kaduna Urban Renewal push.
Performance assessment
Assumed office in 2019 and oversaw part of the Kaduna Urban Renewal Programme's execution.
Fair
Mandate
Oversee the state health ministry, including the primary healthcare centre upgrade programme.
Performance assessment
Served as Commissioner of Health; exact tenure dates not independently confirmed beyond her appointment by El-Rufai.
Fair
Mandate
Oversee the education ministry during the rollout of the free-education policy.
Performance assessment
Served as an early Commissioner for Education under El-Rufai before the portfolio passed to Jonathan Andrew Nok.
Poor
Mandate
Oversee the education ministry.
Performance assessment
Died in office as Commissioner for Education in 2018, creating a cabinet vacancy that El-Rufai filled with new appointees.
Good
Mandate
Serve as the state's pioneer Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, coordinating the security response to banditry and communal violence.
Performance assessment
Held the role across both of El-Rufai's terms and into the start of the Uba Sani administration, before being dismissed in a 2024 cabinet reshuffle under Sani.
Fair
Mandate
Oversee state agricultural policy.
Performance assessment
Served as Commissioner for Agriculture; exact tenure dates not independently confirmed.
Good
Mandate
Oversee state planning and budget after being moved from Chief of Staff in a 2021 cabinet reshuffle that saw eight of fourteen commissioners swap portfolios.
Performance assessment
Continued in a senior state economic-policy role following the reshuffle; later went on to serve in the Central Bank of Nigeria leadership after leaving Kaduna state government.