DAVAO CITY – Bangsamoro Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim has appointed Lawyer Sha Elijah B. Dumama-Alba to replace resigned minister Naguib SInarimbo as the minister for the Ministry of Interior and Local Government.
This after Sinarimbo submitted his irrevocable resignation on Wednesday December 6, after Ahod asked all his cabinet ministers to submit their courtesy resignation which was accepted by Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim.
On December 7, Ebrahim appoined Alba to replace Sinarimbo.
Alba is a parliament member and the floor leader of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) but on Thursday, she assumed as the new minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG-BARMM) replacing Sinarimbo.,
Alba’s appointment document, dated December 7, showed that she was designated as BARMM interior minister for one year.
The new appointment came after Ebrahim issued memorandum requiring all cabinet ministers requiring them to submit courtesy resignation.
In his FB post, Sinarimbo wrote: “Just to make it official.”
“I have resigned as the Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government effective closing hours yesterday, December 6, 2023,” he said.
“I met with our co-workers in the Ministry this morning to personally thank them for all their work and sacrifices over the years,” he said.
Interviewed by reporters after meeting his subordinates, Sinarimbo said: “I am confident that we have built a solid bureaucracy in the Ministry with competent and dedicated public servants.”
“May I express my profoundest gratitude to all of those who supported us during our stint as the Minister of the MILG. i step into the world of civilian life with a renewed sense of freedom.”
Sinarimbo is among the top performing ministers of the Bangsamoro Government.-Editha Z. Caduaya
