Tag: Kano State Government

Insecurity: Ganduje closes five health training institutions in Kano

Aminu Imam

The Kano State Government has ordered the closure of five Health training institutions in the state with immediate effect.  The directive was contained in a press statement issued yesterday by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Health, Hadiza Mustapha Namadi, issued to newsmen in Kano.  According to the statement, the affected institutions include the School of Health Technology, Bebeji; School of Nursing, Madobi; the Schools of Midwifery in Gwarzo, Gezawa and Danbatta. This  according to it, is part of efforts to prevent possible attacks on schools located in…

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Insecurity: Ganduje shuts 4 tertiary institutions

Aminu Imam

Following security challenges in some neighbouring States, Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has directed the immediate closure of four tertiary institutions in the State. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Hajiya Mariya Mahmud-Bunkure, announced this in a statement issued yesterday in Kano. She listed the affected institutions to include: RMK College of Advanced and Remedial Studies, Tudun-Wada and School of Environmental Studies, Gwarzo. Other affected institutions, according to the commissioner, are: School of Rural Technology and Entrepreneurship Development (SORTED), Rano and Audu Bako College of Agriculture, Danbatta. She advised students…

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Ganduje sacks Salihu Tanko, despite ‘mysterious disappearance’

Aminu Imam

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has relieved his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, of his appointment. Recall that in the wake of schoolgirls abduction in Zamfara State, Tanko-Yakasai, on Friday via his Twitter handle, had described the APC government as failure. Since posting the comment on Twitter, Tanko-Yakasai had gone missing, situation that created insinuations that he was arrested by the operatives of the State Security Service, (SSS). However, in a swift reaction, however, the Kano State Director of the SSS, Muhammad Alhassan, denied arresting Tanko-Yakasai. Hours…

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Kano: State govt. approves Child Rights Protection Act to reflect Shariah provisions

Aminu Imam

The Kano State Executive Council has approved and amended the proposed bill on Child Rights (protection) Act 2010 to reflect the position of Shariah on all sections of the Child Rights Act (CRA) 2003. The State’s Commissioner for Information, Muhammed Garba, disclosed this in statement he signed and made available to the newsmen in Kano, yesterday. He further said in compliance with the federal government’s policy, the State governments embarked on the act to domesticate  the Bill and engaged Islamic scholars and other stakeholders to bring it to fruition. “The…

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Kano bans Islamic cleric Nasir-Kabara for inciteful preaching

Aminu Imam

The Kano State Government has banned an Islamic cleric, Sheikh AbdulJabar Nasir-Kabara, for inciteful preaching. The State’s Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, who announced the order in a statement on Thursday in Kano, said that the government considered the cleric’s mode of teachings as “incendiary”. Garba also announced the immediate closure of all schools run by the cleric, pending investigations by security agencies, saying that the measure was part of the resolutions of the State Executive Council, at its meeting on Wednesday in Kano.

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Kano Govt. seals hospital for violating Covid-19 protocols

Aminu Imam

The Kano State government has sealed a private hospital, UMC Zahir Hospital, in Kano, for treating severe cases of coronavirus, Covid-19. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kano by the State’s Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba. According to the Commissioner, the hospital was shut down in accordance with the standard set by the state Task Force on Covid-19, which required such a facility to attend only to mild cases of the disease. He said two confirmed patients with severe cases had died, one at the facility…

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COVID-19: Kano Assembly postpones resumption until further notice

Aminu Imam

The Kano State House of Assembly has announced the postponement of its resumption until further notice, in compliance with the stay-at-home directive by the state government. The Speaker, Hamisu Ibrahim-Chidari, made the announcement in a statement issued to newsmen yesterday in Kano, by the Director, Press of the House of Assembly, Uba Abdullahi. The House had earlier scheduled to resume on Jan. 25. According to Ibrahim-Chidari, the lawmakers will comply with the directive in support of the state government in its efforts towards preventing the spread of the virus. He…

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CBN disburses N10bn intervention funds to Kano industries affected by pandemic

Aminu Imam

The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), has disbursed the sum of N10billion to Kano companies affected by the pandemic, through a consortium of Kano Investment and Diaspora, in partnership with the Foreign Commonwealth Development and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN).This was disclosed on Monday in Kano by the DG of KanInvest & Diaspora, Hajiya Hama Ali, in a meeting on the Kano Turnaround Project.She said the target of the funds would be 50 companies and that the Kano agency would work with the affected companies to determine how much was…

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“Most Almajiri kids are not Nigerians”, says Ganduje

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has disclosed that most of the almajiri children who roam the streets in the Northern part of the country are not Nigerians. This disclosure was made by Ganduje while speaking at a retreat organised by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in Kano, on Monday. Ganduje said a survey conducted showed that most of the almajiri children are from Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroon. He said free and compulsory primary and secondary school education, as well as the transformation of the almajiri education system,…

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