Kano Governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf has replied to claims by his predecessor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje that his eight=month administration is already a failure.
Ganduje, who is Governor Yusuf’s predecessor as Kano governor is also the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Governor Yusuf who pushed the failure blames to Ganduje’s eight-year administration, advised the former Governor to rather face his “corruption charges,” and stop chasing shadows.
The statement entitled: “You have no shame to speak on failures after 8 years of misrule – Gov. Yusuf counters Ganduje…Urges EFCC to release forensic report on Ganduje’s dollar saga,” was signed by Governor Yusuf’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa.
The Statement reads: “Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has replied his predecessor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, over his claims of failure in governance in the current administration, insisting that Ganduje’s eight-year tenure represented failure and maladministration, following massive records of corruption, diversion pf piblic funds and sale of government properties that characterized it.
“Governor Yusuf regretted that Ganduje shamelessly spoke about non-existent failure in the New Nigeria Peoples. Party (NNPP) government, instead of facing the nemesis of corruption and political violence hanging around his neck.
Governor Yusuf insisted that Ganduje presided over two unproductive tenures characterised with siphoning public resources, inability to cater for the needs of Kano’s population, nepotism and bloodshed that left many families the mood of melancholy.
‘He said our eight months in office has remarkably outweighed Ganduje’s eight wasted years of political caricature and maladministration by all standards.
“He advised the acting National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) and the immediate-past Governor of the state, Abdullah Umar Ganduje to rather buckle up in defence of his battered image at the court, instead of further exposing his impunity on the media space.
He reminded Ganduje how his gross penchant for corruption has brought shame and disgrace to the good people of Kano, insisting that no amount of media campaign would hinder the process of bringing him (Ganduje) to book on the glaring cases of corruption filed against him.
” Governor Yusuf further regretted that Ganduje could yet muster the courage to defend himself in the media, despite the embarrassing video clip where he was caught, red-handed, stocking his large agbada pockets with dollars, a supposed kickback from a contractor; and other corrupt practices massively associated with his eight-year tenure during which he ran the affairs of Kano state as a family enterprise.
“He reaffirmed the present administration’s resolve and readiness to make Ganduje and his co-travellers face the full wrath of the law for thier intentional wrong doings.
” Governor Yusuf, however, maintained that his administration is multifacetedly inclined, prioritizing focus and attention on socio-economic and physical infrastructure developments for the overall well-being of Kano and the good people of Kano state.
