Tag: Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

APC Congress: Ganduje orders contestants in Kano to report at NDLEA

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has directed that all contestants seeking for a position in the All Progressive Congress (APC)’s State congress, scheduled for Saturday, to report at the office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), for a mandatory drug test. The directive was part of measures to rid the State of illicit substances, according to the State’s Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, in an issued statement yesterday. ”Similar tests were carried out for contestants into local government election, as well as political appointees including members of…

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Kano: Ganduje approves N3.9bn for township roads

Aminu Imam

Kano State Executive Council yesterday approved the sum of over N3, 942, 564, 267.77 billion for the construction of township roads in the three emirate councils.  The State’s Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, who told newsmen in Kano shortly after the State Executive Council meeting, said that the Emirate Council are Rano, Gaya and Karaye. According to him, the project was designed to boost the general economic status of the State. The Government spokesman disclosed that the council also granted approval for the augmentation of the sum of N42, 350,…

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Powershift: “Hold your fire; no governor elected to divide Nigeria”, Ganduje cautions fellow governors

Aminu Imam

Amidst the controversy generated by governors of the North and Southern regions over power shift, Kano State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje yesterday cautioned his colleagues not to divide Nigeria on a subject that was purely in the Exclusive List of political parties. The governor, in a speech to mark Nigeria@61, said he believes that Nigeria is a united and indivisible country and that our Constitution has even taken care of that. Ganduje explained that “I don’t see secession as the way out of the current challenges afflicting the nation.…

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Ganduje, visits APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, in London

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Thursday visited APC national leader, Bola Tinubu,in London. Bola Tinubu has spent over 70 days in the United Kingdom. Within this period, he has been visited by President Muhammadu Buhari, Muiz Banire, and the former governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima. Several other politicians, including the ex-Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sawnwo-Olu, have all paid visits to Tinubu in London. The reason for the visits was not made public, but…

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Kano Govt. to commit 10% Of 2022 Budget towards improving social protection policy

Aminu Imam

Khadijah Bawas The Kano State government has pledged to commit more resources to improve social protection policy in its 2022 Budget. The Focal person of the Expanding Social Protection For Inclusive Development (ESPID), Richard Musa, stated this during a workshop organised by the Expanding Social protection and Inclusive Development for journalists, which was held at Tahir Guest palace, Kano. He said the State government had developed interest in social protection policy with the just-concluded Child Development and Growth Programme, (CDGP), which operated for nine years in the State. “The State…

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Kano bans unauthorised sale, renting of houses over insecurity

Aminu Imam

Kano State government yesterday declared that no property should be sold or rented out to any individual or group until there is clearance given by a District Head or his representatives. This was contained in a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Kano secretary to the State government, (SSG), Musa Tanko Muhammad. Muhammad said the measure is to keep the lives and property of Kano residents safe. “Government has directed that no house, property or land should be rented out or sold to any individual or group without…

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‘Kano becoming potential endemic State for human trafficking’ – Ganduje

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has raised the alarm that his state, Kano, is fast becoming a potential endemic state for human trafficking in the country. This, according to him, was perhaps, because of its status as an emerging business hub of the country, bearing in mind the giant infrastructural investments in the areas of massive road construction, rail line resuscitation, industrialisation and rapid development of small and medium-scale industries and other amenities. Ganduje expressed hope that the situation will improve for good soon following the recent interventions of…

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Kano’s First Lady, Goggo, points Murtala Garo as Ganduje’s successor

Aminu Imam

The wife of Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Hafsat, has given some hints as to who would be the successor of her husband. The influential First Lady, who popularly known as Goggo, stated this at a function in Ungogo local government area of Kano State on Saturday, saying Murtala Garo is the ideal person. Garo is the present commissioner for Local Governments in the State. Picture caption: Governor Abdullahi Ganduje (right) handing over a document to his commissioner for Local Governments, Murtala Sule Garo Addressing government officials and beneficiaries of…

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“Drop your agitation and let’s dialogue”, Ganduje urges secessionists

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has stated that the agitation of secessionists is not the solution to the challenges confronting the country. This was stated by Abdullahi Ganduje yesterday, at a public lecture in Abuja organised by the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Press Corps. There has been a clamour for the Biafran Republic by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Oduduwa Republic by ‘Yoruba nation’ groups in the south-west. According to the governor, the secessionists should have a change of heart and embrace dialogue over their…

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Dollar video: Court orders Ganduje to pay journalist N800,000 as Gov withdraws case

Aminu Imam

A State High Court sitting in Kano, on Tuesday, ordered Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to pay the sum of N800,000 as costs for expenses to Jafar Jafar, a publisher and his company, Daily Nigerian, respondents to his N3 billion defamation suit. Ganduje had filed a suit in November 2018, seeking N3 billion as damages for defamation of character against the respondents over videos they published of the governor allegedly receiving bribe in US dollars. The respondents in the suit were: Jafar Jafar, his company, Penlight Media Limited (Daily…

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