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  • BREAKING: Ex-Kano gov, Ganduje emerges APC National Chairman

    BREAKING: Ex-Kano gov, Ganduje emerges APC National Chairman

    The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has confirmed the appointment of the immediate-past Kano Governor Dr Abdullahi Ganduje as National Chairman of the party.

    Sen. Abubakar Kyari, the APC acting National Chairman said this at the end of the 12th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the  party on Wednesday in Abuja.

    Kyari said that Ganduje was unanimous endorsed at the meeting as the new chairman of the party.

    Ganduje in his acceptance speech, expressed gratitude to Almighty God for the development.

    “I am indeed most humbled,” Ganduje said, while appreciating President Bola Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima and the party’s leadership, assuring that he remained committed to the party’s ideals,” he said.

    He thanked the Progressive Governor’s Forum (PGF) and the party’s key stakeholders for their dedication, diligence and strategic role to its development.

    “With boundless gratitude for the confidence placed in me by leaders and members of our party, and with an unswerving resolve to honour that trust, I humbly accept my appointment as the Chairman of our party, the APC.

    “Our main focus will be promoting party unity and defending and increasing the number of executive and legislative seats we currently hold.

    “Under my watch, internal democracy will be strictly adhered to with a deliberate policy to engage in wider consultations and making party functional throughout the year.

    “More reforms will be carried out in the party in alignment with the current political landscape

    “We all agreed that we must unite our members to achieve support for our government to respond adequately, urgently and assertively to the challenges that Nigerians confront on a daily basis,” Ganduje said.

    He listed the challenges to include: unemployment, poverty, insecurity, social cohesion and the rising cost of living.

    He appealed to Nigerians to bear with Tinubu at the country’s trying moment, considering that the country’s economy had been in shambles for years.

    “I belief the policies and programmes to be unveiled by Tinubu when his administration fully takes shape, will surely turn around things for the better.

    “Our party must remain rooted among the people, must demonstrate a willingness to serve and make sacrifices, and must be willing to acknowledge and address our weaknesses.

    “It is a huge privilege and an honour and a great responsibility to take on this job and I will do it with everything I have to the best of my ability for my party and my country.

    “We will ensure a level playing field for all party members that want to contest elections under the party’s platform. Our primary elections would be free, transparent and fair,” Ganduje said.

    He called on members of the party and all the people of Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa to close ranks and ensure that the APC won in the forthcoming governorship election.

    He promised to depend on the support of party members to deliver on his new responsibility.

    Ganduje will takeover the party’s leadership from Sen. Abdullahi Adamu who resigned after being accused of high-handedness and mismanaging the party’s financial resources.

  • APC Chairmen endorse Ganduje as national chairman

    APC Chairmen endorse Ganduje as national chairman

    Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Northwest zone have endorsed former Kano state governor Abdullahi Ganduje for national chairmanship of the party.

    This is contained in a press release jointly signed by all the seven APC state chairmen from the zone comprising Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, Jigawa, and Zamfara and made available to newsmen in Kaduna on Tuesday.

    It stated that the chairmen had “unanimously endorsed Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the National Chairman of the party.

    “This decision followed the immense contributions made to the party by the two-term governor of the second most populous state in the nation, Kano especially at the 2023 general election which saw the emergence of our most enviable President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President,” the statement said.

    It also said Ganduje’s endorsement was based on their conviction on his “qualification, wealth of experience, maturity, steadfastness, commitment and resilience.

    ”Ganduje is the best person for the exalted office of chairman of the party, not only from the zone but in the country.”

    The chairman expressed their appreciation to Tinubu for his support to the zone, assuring that they would always rally round him in his effort to make Nigeria greater.

    The APC state chairmen that signed the statement Isah Achida- Sokoto, Abdullahi Abbas – Kano, and Air Cdr EK Jekada rtd – Kaduna.

    Others were Aminu Sani -Gumel- Jigawa, Abubakar Kana- Kebbi, Tukur  Danfulani- Zamfara and Muhammad Sani- Katsina.

    Recalled that this development is coming barely less than two weeks after Sen. Abdullahi Adamu resigned as the party chairman.

  • Kano APC urges Ganduje to disregard anti-graft invitation

    Kano APC urges Ganduje to disregard anti-graft invitation

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has urged immediate past governor Abdullahi Ganduje not to honour the invitation extended to him by the state Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) over a purported dollar video.

    This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the state Chairman and Secretary of the party, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas and Alhaji Zakari Sarina, respectively, and made available to newsmen in Kano on Thursday.

    The commission had on Thursday invited Ganduje to appéar before it over alleged dollar bribe videos.

    The Chairman of the commission, Mr Muhuyi Rimingado, confirmed this to newsmen in Kano on Thursday.

    Rimingado said that the commission is expecting Ganduje to appear before it next week to have the opportunity to clear his name in the ongoing investigation.

    Reacting, the APC said it has realised that the reenactment of the politically motivated issue of the Dollar video by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), which is before a court of law, was part of a sinister ploy to dent the image of the former governor.

    It further explained that similar scenario was played to scuttle the former governor’s chance of securing ticket for the party’s gubernatorial election in 2019.

    The statement added that this time, the detractors are engaged in this campaign of calumny to draw a wedge between President Bola Tinubu and Ganduje, one of the president’s strongest allies in the North.

    The APC stated that while Ganduje’s contributions to the Tinubu political project right from the conduct of the primary election, is widely appreciated, his relationship with the President remains cordial.

  • Ganduje’s dollar videos are giving  Kano a bad name  across the globe – Anti-graft agency

    Ganduje’s dollar videos are giving  Kano a bad name  across the globe – Anti-graft agency

    The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has said the dollar videos of former governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje damaged the state’s image globally.

    Ganduje was captured in  2018 by Jafaar Jafaar, an investigative journalist, who filmed the former governor collecting wads of dollars as a bribe.

    In the videos, he could be seen collecting the dollars before rolling them into his white dress, “babanriga”

    Speaking on Wednesday at a one-day public dialogue on ‘Anti-Corruption Crusade in Kano’, Barr. Muhuyi Rimingado, chairman of PCACC, said the authenticity of the videos had been confirmed.

    He said since the release of the footages, people have been challenging the commission under him to prove the innocence or otherwise of the former governor in the matter.

    “There are reports that the dollar videos are giving Kano a bad name in not only Nigeria, but across the globe. That is why I am so determined to investigate and ensure that the suspect is being probed to clear the air and reclaim Kano back to its good reputation.

    “Anybody that knows can tell that I am passionate about what I am doing, which is to fight corruption. People are disturbing and pressurizing me to probe the dollar videos. We are on it already. Forensic analysis has confirmed to us that the videos were not doctored,” Rimingado said.

  • Dollar clips: Anti-graft panel probes Ganduje

    Dollar clips: Anti-graft panel probes Ganduje

    The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission has promised to establish the truth in the dollar scandal involving former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.

    The commission confirmed the arrest of Ganduje’s Commissioner for Works and other persons in connection with alleged N1 billion fraud. Addressing journalists in Kano, yesterday, the reinstated chairman of the commission, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado, disclosed that there was significant improvement in the investigation of the case, adding that no force would deter him.

    Rimin-Gado said he invited forensic experts to carefully study the video clip to understand its content. He explained that the controversy surrounding Ganduje and the video “remains interesting to the Kano people,” hence the commission is under oath to get to the root.

    The chairman described the subsisting court case on the matter as inconsequential to the commission’s investigation. On the arrest of Ganduje’s commissioner over alleged N1 billion 30 roads maintenance fraud, he explained that the money was removed under a unilateral directive, but the job was not done.

    According to him, the commissioner and two others are in custody of the agency and will be arraigned as soon as investigations are concluded. Ganduje’s Commissioner for Justice, Musa Lawal, described the move by the commission to openly investigate or prosecute his boss as clear abuse of power.

    Lawal said nobody under any agency has the legal power to ignore the matter in court. Before Ganduje suspended him, Rimin-Gado had openly declared the commission incapacitated to investigate the matter.

  • Ganduje: It’s sad my political son can’t look at me directly – Kwankwaso

    Ganduje: It’s sad my political son can’t look at me directly – Kwankwaso

    Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party ( NNPP) and former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has called the bluff of the immediate past Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje who said he would’ve slapped him at the Presidential Villa, describing Ganduje as a  person who was confused while making the “slapping ” remarks.

    ” I  heard that he ( Ganduje) said he would’ve slapped me, but I’m here. He was just confused. These are all my boys politically. They can’t even look at me straight on the face if we meet. He was in a confused state when he said that, these my political boys if they see me they lower their gaze,” Kwankwaso said.

    He told the BBC Hausa Service in an interview monitored on Saturday morning, that he met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for about 2 hours at the Presidential Villa and was able to convinced him on the alleged land deals and other infractions of the erstwhile Ganduje administration in Kano state, adding that the President was so ” surprised with the revelations .”

    He alleged that Ganduje had among others, allocated lands at the Kano Race Course to his friends and family members, a development that now made it hard for people who wanted to indulge in sporting activities and other exercises, to find a place.

    According to him, even the Eid praying ground where Muslims converged to pray during Sallah, was not sparred by Ganduje who had allegedly allowed shops to be built round the holy place where the Emir and many other important dignitaries had prayed, thereby compromising the security of the Eid Prayer ground.

    Kwankwaso disclosed that there were possibilities the Tinubu administration may engage some of them from the opposition in his government, and did not ruled out if he may eventually make it in the forthcoming ministerial list of the new administration.

  • Kano: Ganduje leaves N241bn debts

    Kano: Ganduje leaves N241bn debts

    The outgoing Governor of Kano  State, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday handed over the state administration to his successor, Malam Abba Yusuf, including N241 billion debts.

    The event took place at the Government House, Kano.

    Ganduje was represented at the occasion by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, who said his principal left for Abuja to attend the inauguration of President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu.

    According to Ganduje, his administration collected N1.2  trillion in the last eight years and spent the amount, leaving behind about N241 billion debts.

    He explained that the debts comprised of loans, contractual obligations, and other liabilities.

    Receiving the handover notes, the governor-elect expressed dismay over the debt profile left for the incoming administration.

    “We will carefully study the reports and come out with our position on the debt and other matters.

    “I am surprised that the outgoing governor is not around to hand over to me as a democratically elected governor, which has been the tradition.

    “However, we will carefully study the reports and come out with our positions,” Yusuf stated.

    He called on the people of the state to pray for the success of  his administration and to ensure it met the expectation of the governed through good democratic governance.

    Present at the event were Sen. Kawu Sumaila; Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, a former deputy governor; the state Head of Service, Alhaji Usman Bala; and state Chairman of NNPP, Alhaji Umar Doguwa, among other dignitaries.

  • Ganduje hands over power before May 29

    Ganduje hands over power before May 29

    Barely 24 hours to the official handing-over, the outgoing governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, will perform the official handing-over of the affairs of the State to the governor-elect, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, this Sunday, May 28.

    A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Muhammad Garba, said the event is billed for 9:00pm on Sunday night at the Government House, Kano.

    Garba said the Kano State Government Transition Committee had communicated the development to the Transition Committee of the Governor-elect.

    The statement explained that Governor Ganduje would, shortly after the event, depart for Abuja, as the head of the Kano State delegation to the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, slated for Monday, May 29, 2023.

    He said the Governor’s departure was also necessitated to beat the deadline for the closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe Internation Airport, Abuja for the President-elect’s inauguration ceremony.

    The Governor urged Kano people to continue to pray for peace and development in the State.

  • Few days to handover, fire guts Gov Ganduje’s personal house

    Few days to handover, fire guts Gov Ganduje’s personal house

    Few days to handover fire has gutted personal residence of the outgoing Governor of Kano state, Dr Abdulahi Ganduje at Miyangu Street in Nassarawa GRA Kano.

    The State Fire Service confirmed the incident to newsmen on Thursday, saying the outbreaks occurred on Monday night.

    The Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, explained that the fire was already under control by the time firefighters got to the residence.

    It was gathered that the fire started at a place where Ganduje rears cows adding that many of the animals died in the inferno, with other multi-million-naira property razed down.

    A source said the cause of the fire was not immediately known but it started during the course of metal welding in the house as work was still ongoing to make the place a befitting residence for Kano State’s outgoing governor.

  • Ganduje presents transition report to successor

    Ganduje presents transition report to successor

    G ov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has presented the 2023 transition report to his successor, the governor-elect, Malam Abba Yusuf.

    This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kano by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor-elect, Alhaji Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa.

    During a short meeting at the Kano Government House Ante Chamber Hall, Ganduje, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, reiterated has commitment at ensuring a seamless transition on May 29.

    He urged the incoming administration to study the transition report critically and make feedback where necessary.

    Ganduje appreciated the members of the outgoing government transition committee for producing three volumes of the report that covered all sectors of the state.

    In his remarks, the governor-elect, also represented by the Chairman, NNPP Gubernatorial Transition Committee, Dr. Baffa Bichi, assured that his committee would report to the incoming governor and revert with any observation, if any.

    “At this time, we have just 105 hours to formal handover and takeover of government in Kano state, as such we are committed to a hitch-free transition in the interest of Kano and its people,” Bichi said.

    He said that details of the inauguration would be made public after some certain agreements are reached between the outgoing and incoming administrations.