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  • Kano governor, Yusuf pays outstanding debt for 55,000 students to write NECO exama

    Kano governor, Yusuf pays outstanding debt for 55,000 students to write NECO exama

    The newly sworn-in Kano State governor, Engr Abba Yusuf has approved the settlement of the National Examination Council’s (NECO) outstanding debts in the state.

    Yusuf made this known on Sunday via his official Twitter handle.

    According to him, the decision was to enable 55,000 students of public schools in the state to sit for the 2023 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, SCCE.

    In 2022, National Examination Council (NECO) vowed to stop students from Kano state from writing the examination over N1.5 billion debt.

    The NECO examination is scheduled to commence on 27th June 2023.

  • Kano Governor, Yusuf begins demolition of structures built by Ganduje on public lands

    Kano Governor, Yusuf begins demolition of structures built by Ganduje on public lands

    Abba Kabir Yusuf the Kano State governor, has made good of his threat to carry out demolition of structures on government lands in the state.

    The demolition of properties commenced in the early hours of Saturday.

    Already, a 3-storey building with 90 shops on a race course by Filing Sukuwa, Nasarawa GRA, was brought down around 2.00am on Saturday, becoming the first victim of the demolition campaign.

    The governor showed commitment to the demolition exercise by leading the removal of illegal structure and he was accompanied by the State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Gumel.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports  that Abba Kabir Yusuf shortly after being declared governor-elect, threatened to demolish buildings in the state on public properties.

    This is the first demolition carried out after assuming office on Monday, May 29th.

    Also, on Friday, the governor directed the developer carrying out construction works at the Hajj Camp to stop ongoing construction.

    All those who erected buildings on government lands or illegally acquired plots of land from the government are said to be jittery about the consequences of their actions.

  • 2023 Election: Kano Governor Ganduje picks senatorial form

    2023 Election: Kano Governor Ganduje picks senatorial form

    Kano state Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje, has bought the All Progressive Congress senatorial nomination form ahead of the forthcoming primaries in the state, TheNewsGuru.com can exclusively confirm

    The Governor who will be aspiring to represent Kano North senatorial district at the Red chamber from 2023.

    Meanwhile the Governor also endorsed his deputy, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, as his successor while the immediate past commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy, Murtala Sule Garo was picked as deputy.

    It was gathered that the decisions were parts of a resolutions agreed on by the party stakeholders under the leadership of Ganduje earlier hours on Sunday.

    The parameters used to arrive at the choice of Kano North senatorial district weren’t revealed but insinuations are rife that they got rewarded for being loyal to Governor’s Ganduje’s government.

    Ganduje, whose two-term tenure would end by May 29, 2023, is set to replace the serving Senator ,Barau Jibrin who is also contending for the gubernatorial ticket under APC.

    Barau, however, has remained silent on his next line of ambition after the Friday Supreme Court judgment which dismissed his G7 group appeal against Ganduje.

     

  • Bribe videos: Magu opens up on why EFCC can’t probe Ganduje

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday explained why it is yet to launch investigations against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State who was accused of receiving millions of dollars in bribe.

    “The governor is still serving and constitutionally is covered by immunity. Being that as it may, the matter is in the instance sub judice,” the EFCC posted from its Twitter handle Thursday, during a tweet meet organised by Tap Nitiative for Citizens Development, a public accountability think-tank.

    Ganduje has been dogged by public scorn since videos appearing to show him engaging in brazen contract racketeering started appearing online in October. At least six of such videos have been published since the first clip was released on October 11.

    Daily Nigerian, an online-based publication, said it has up to 15 of such videos of Ganduje. The governor could be seen receiving wads of United States dollars from persons believed to be public works contractors.

    When Tap Nitiative demanded further explanation because the EFCC moved against Ayo Fayose while he was the governor of Ekiti State, the anti-graft office said it does not usually “give out information on investigations.”

    “Investigation of anyone for an alleged fraud remains a covert process,” the EFCC added.

    Recall that the videos were recorded in 2017 in what Daily Nigerian described as a sting operation aimed at beaming the spotlight on the governor’s alleged penchant for contract racketeering.

    The governor has dismissed the videos as “cloned” and filed a lawsuit against the publisher of the online newspaper, Jaafar Jaafar.

    The Kano House of Assembly which initially initiated a probe into the allegations and invited Daily Nigerian suspended the process on Monday in deference to a court ruling over a suit to stop the probe.

    Today’s comments from the EFCC marked the third time the agency would wave Ganduje’s scandal, in defiance of demands from Nigerians that the matter be urgently probed to show the EFCC is independent and unbiased.