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  • Kano Govt denies sacking 10,800 workers engaged by Ganduje

    Kano Govt denies sacking 10,800 workers engaged by Ganduje

    The Kano State Government said it had not sacked the 10,800 workers whose June salaries were stopped.

    The 10,800 workers were employed by the administration of former governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.

    The clarification was made on Friday in Kano in a joint news conference by the Commissioner for Information, Malam Baba Dantiye; Accountant General, Abdukadir Abdulsalam, and Head of Service (HoS), Usman Bala-Muhammad.

    The HoS explained that the 10,800 workers were not sacked, but only had their salaries stopped pending verification of their status.

    “Let me make it categorically clear that no staff was retrenched. Their salaries were stopped to cleanse the system because of some allegations.

    “A verification committee will soon be set up and after the exercise those employed legally through laid down civil service rules will receive their salaries.”

    According to him, the essence is to optimise the civil service for better service delivery and place everything in the right perspective.

    In his comment, Dantiye said the government appreciated civil servants and pensioners in the state for their patience and the happiness they showed when their June salaries were paid without deductions.

    The Accountant General said while answering questions that Gov. Abba Yusuf ordered his office to stop the salaries of the 10,800 workers employed by Ganduje.

    Abdulsalam said that the committee to be set up would review the procedures for their engagement so as to remove those illegally recruited.

    According to him, the previous administration only engaged and promoted workers at the end of its tenure.

    Concerning local government workers, Abdusalam assured that those who were converted to state workers by the former administration would continue to receive their salaries.

    The accountant general said that what the new government has done so far is to attempt to correct the system for effective service delivery.

  • Kano governor, Yusuf stops payment of salaries to 10,000 workers employed by Ganduje

    Kano governor, Yusuf stops payment of salaries to 10,000 workers employed by Ganduje

    The governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf has ordered the Accountant General of the state to stop the salaries of 10,800 workers employed by the previous administration. of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

    Governor Yusuf had earlier accused Ganduje of illegally employing over 10,000 workers in the dying minutes of his administration.

     

    The Accountant General, Abdulkadir Abdusalam, announced the governor’s directive on Monday while addressing journalists in Kano.

    Abdusalam said the governor ordered his office to remove the affected workers from the state’s payroll.

    He further stated his office would carry out an investigation to find out the genuineness of their engagement and procedures so as to remove those illegally recruited.

    Concerning local government workers in the state, Abdusalam disclosed that those who were converted to state workers by the former administration would continue receiving their salaries.

    However, he said it would be based on local government levels, asking them to continue working in their new state’s MDAs until the investigation is concluded.

  • Federal High Court stops Governor Yusuf from further demolition in Kano state

    Federal High Court stops Governor Yusuf from further demolition in Kano state

    The Federal High Court in Kano has stopped Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State from further demolishing structures in the state.

    Saminu Muhammad, a Kano citizen, instituted the motion ex-parte through his lawyer.

    Justice SA Amobeda following the motion, restrained the state government and its agents from further demolition of some buildings along BUK Road.

    Amobeda specifically ordered the government to halt plans for demolishing the applicant’s property, located on No. 41 and 43 Salanta, along BUK Road, Kano.

    The Kano State’s Attorney-General, Solicitor General, Governor, the state government, and the state Bureau for Land Management are respondents joined in the suit.

    The Kano State Urban Planning and Development Authority, Inspector-General of Police, Nigeria Police Force, Commissioner of Police, Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps are others included in the suit.

    The court ordered an accelerated hearing of the case and adjourned the suit to July 10, 2023, after listening to the motion moved by the applicant’s counsel, Prof. Nasiru Aliyu, SAN.

    According to the order, “That Order of this Court is hereby made in the interim, restraining the Respondents by themselves, agents, servant or proxies whatsoever called from encroaching, trespassing, entering, invading, demolishing or revoking the Applicant’s titles or doing any other act in respect of the Applicant’s property, No. 41 and 43 situate at Salanta, along BUK road, Kano, covered by Certificate of Occupancy, No. KNMLO8228 and Certificate of Occupancy No. KNMLO8229, pending the hearing and determination of the originating motion.

    “that the Court is hereby made granting leave to the bailiff of the Court to serve the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Respondents with all processes and all subsequent processes in the suit through any staff or officer in the office of the 1st and 2nd Respondents and deeming the service valid, personal and proper.

    “that the Court is made granting leave to the bailiff of the Court to serve the 7th and 8th Respondents with all processes and all subsequent processes in the suit through the office of the 9th Respondent and deeming the service as valid, personal, and proper.”

    It added that the court bailiff should serve the 10th and 11th respondents with all processes and all subsequent processes in the suit through the office of the 12th Respondent and deeming the service as valid, personal, and proper.

  • JUST IN: Kano Gov, Yusuf gives condition for Commissioner nominees to be sworn in

    JUST IN: Kano Gov, Yusuf gives condition for Commissioner nominees to be sworn in

    Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has directed all the 19 Commissioner nominees must comply with the code of conduct rules.

    By the announcement, the nominees are expected to declare assets within the best possible time before their onward screening at the State House of Assembly.

    Governor Yusuf vowed that no commissioner nominee will be sworn- in as a cabinet member without first filling out the asset declaration form from the Code of Conduct Bureau.

    “All other political appointees under this administration shall also comply with the directive accordingly,” a statement from the Governor’s office reads.

    The Governor reiterated his commitment to the good people of Kano State that transparency and accountability remain the basic principles of his administration.

    He said this would be applied to champion good governance as promised in his blueprint during the electioneering campaign.

  • More structures against Islamic values will be pulled down – Kano govt

    More structures against Islamic values will be pulled down – Kano govt

    The Kano State Government has explained why it demolished the Government House Roundabout which was done by the previous administration of Abdullahi Ganduje.

    Dr. Baffa Bichi, Secretary to the State Government, noted that  the monument put in place to commemorate Kano’s Golden Jubilee was pulled down over a visible Christian symbol on it.

    Baffa, a former Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Chairman at Bayero University, Kano, and former Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, said it was totally wrong for such a Christian symbol to appear in a public structure in Kano whose indigenes are almost 100 per cent Muslims.

    He added that there are other plans to remove the Christian symbol on the Muhammadu Buhari interchange at Hotoro, adding that the demolished roundabout was also obstructing the free flow of traffic.

    “The roundabout was obstructing the view of motorists, and secondly, if you use a drone camera, you will see that the roundabout has a large design of a cross on top of it.

    “And over 99.9 or 100 percent of Kano indigenes are Muslims. So you can’t have a structure with a large inscription of the cross on it. It’s against Islamic values.

    “Our clerics told us that whenever our beloved Prophet Muhammad saw anything, no matter how little, with a sign of the cross on it, he would ensure that such a thing is destroyed.

    “Even the Muhammadu Buhari underpass in Hotoro has a similar design, and I can assure you that plans are underway to make sure those symbols are removed from the bridge.”

    Speaking further on the ongoing demolitions across different parts of the state, Dr Bichi said officials of the previous administration illegally acquired the structures.

    He maintained that the government would only compensate people with genuine proof of ownership documents.

    “Anyone who is defending the encroachment of public institutions like hospitals, schools and Eid grounds is sick and needs medical attention.

    “If you encroached on government land and the government collected it back, there is no way you could claim any compensation.

    “All these structures we are demolishing were illegally acquired and shared among officials of the outgone administration.

    “So, anyone demanding compensation should go and meet the person that sold the properties to them, because the monies were never remitted into the government account.

    “If government collects your property to build infrastructure for the masses, it is obligatory that such individuals would be compensated but that’s not the case here,” Baffa stressed.

    He further added that the present government is working to recover stolen government assets and properties sold outside the state.

     

  • Six days after inauguration, Kano Gov Yusuf supervises demolition of buildings

    Six days after inauguration, Kano Gov Yusuf supervises demolition of buildings

    Barely six days after inauguration the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf in the early hours of Saturday started the demolition of buildings on public lands, which he termed illegal.

    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.

    Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, an Engineer by Profession, to show his commitment to the demolition exercise, led the removal of the illegal building accompanied by the State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Gumel.

    It could be recalled 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

  • Kano governor, Yusuf rejects official seat used by Ganduje, opts for a smaller one

    Kano governor, Yusuf rejects official seat used by Ganduje, opts for a smaller one

    Newly sworn -in Governor of Kano state, Abba Kabir Yusuf, rejected the seat used by his predecessor, Abdullahi Ganduje upon assumption of office on Monday.

    Minutes after his inauguration Yusuf was ushered into his office amid heavy security but he didn’t sit in the official chair used by his predecessor.

    In a viral video, the newly sworn-in governor was seen opting for an unofficial smaller seat as he prepared to give an address.

    After he was declared the winner of the last governorship election, Yusuf vowed to review some of Ganduje’s policies.

    The governor had vowed to probe the N241 billion debt inherited from Ganduje’s administration.

  • BREAKING: New Kano Governor rescued as stage collapses during inauguration [VIDEO]

    BREAKING: New Kano Governor rescued as stage collapses during inauguration [VIDEO]

    The newly sworn-in Governor of Kano State, Yusuf Abba escaped unharmed as the stage he was standing for his inauguration collapsed on Monday.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the new governor Yusuf Abba, his deputy, and the acting chief judge were all on the podium but all are safe.

  • Gov Ganduje set to hand over power today, to attend Tinubu’s inauguration

    Gov Ganduje set to hand over power today, to attend Tinubu’s inauguration

    Outgoing Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State will today perform the official handing over of the affairs of the state to the governor-elect, Malam Abba Yusuf.

    This is contained in a statement issued by the outgoing Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, on Sunday in Kano.

    Garba said that the event is billed for 9 p.m on May 28 at  the Government House, Kano.

    According to him, the state Government Transition Committee has communicated the development to the Transition Committee of the governor-elect.

    Garba pointed out that the two committees have met within the week during which a handing over document was presented to the governor-elect’s committee and also worked out a harmonised agenda on the handing over ceremony.

    The commissioner explained that Ganduje would shortly after the event depart for Abuja as head of Kano delegation to the inauguration of the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu on May 29.

    He added that the governor’s departure was also necessitated to beat the deadline for the closure of Nnamdi Azikwe Internation Airport, Abuja, for the presidential inauguration.

    Garba called on people to continue to pray for peace and development of the state.

  • HOR: Majority leader, Doguwa cleared of murder charges

    HOR: Majority leader, Doguwa cleared of murder charges

     

    The Kano State Ministry of Justice, Department of Public Prosecution, DPP, has cleared the House of Representatives Majority Leader Alhassan Ado Doguwa of murder charges.

    According to DPP, there is no substantive evidence found from the police case files to charge him with culpable homicide.

    Kano State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Musa A. Lawan, indicated on Thursday while briefing journalists on the findings and legal recommendations of the government on the criminal charges filed against the lawmaker that available evidence contained in the police case diary indicated no sufficient evidence to link Doguwa with the said offences despite contradictory comments of witnesses against the suspect.

    “Based on the foregoing facts and observations, we are of the opinion that we cannot substantiate charges of criminal conspiracy, mischief by fire and culpable homicide against the Doguwa.

    “This is because we cannot find sufficient evidence to link with the said offences considering the fact that we are faced with so many inculpatory and exculpatory evidence for and against him. And the statements of those that implicated him were full of contradictions,” he said.

    He added that there was no proven medical evidence to prove that the act or omission of Doguwa caused the death of the deceased persons.

    Barr. Lawan added that apart from the contradictory comments, there was no medical evidence to prove that the act or omission of Doguwa caused the death of the deceased persons.