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  • No more war! Dangote, Fayemi ends Sanusi, Ganduje’s feud

    No more war! Dangote, Fayemi ends Sanusi, Ganduje’s feud

    The crisis between Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi ll has finally been resolved following a reconciliatory meeting between the two in Abuja.

    A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Ganduje, Mr Abba Anwar, which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday said that the reconciliatory meeting was initiated by the Kano born business mogul Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi.

    He said after the meeting, the duo exchanged pleasantries with each other in Abuja on Friday.

    “As the two leaders met, they congratulated each other for the successful completion of the Ramadan Fast and the Eid-el-Fitr celebration.

    “Both leaders spoke and urged all Muslims to continue with the good teachings and spirit of the Fasting period of the Month of Ramadan.

    “Emir Sanusi seized the opportunity to congratulate Gov. Ganduje for the victory in his second term in office. He also wished the governor successful tenure in office.”

    He said: “For healthier relationship between the two institutions of government and Kano Emirate Council, the dialogues will continue.”

    It will be recalled that the Kano State Government on Thursday queried the Sanusi over alleged misappropriation of N3.4bn by the Kano Emirate Council.

    The state government had also created four emirates out of Kano.

  • Gov. Ganduje, Sanusi reconcile as Dangote, Fayemi broker peace

    Gov. Ganduje, Sanusi reconcile as Dangote, Fayemi broker peace

    The crisis between Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi ll has finally been resolved following a reconciliatory meeting between the two in Abuja.

    This is contained in a statement by Mr Abba Anwar, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Ganduje and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday.

    According to Anwar, the reconciliatory meeting was initiated by the Kano born business mogul Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi.

    He said after the meeting, the duo exchanged pleasantries with each other in Abuja on Friday.

    “As the two leaders met, they congratulated each other for the successful completion of the Ramadan Fast and the Eid-el-Fitr celebration.

    “Both leaders spoke and urged all Muslims to continue with the good teachings and spirit of the Fasting period of the Month of Ramadan.

    “Emir Sanusi seized the opportunity to congratulate Gov. Ganduje for the victory in his second term in office. He also wished the governor successful tenure in office.”

    He said: “For healthier relationship between the two institutions of government and Kano Emirate Council, the dialogues will continue.”

    NAN recalls that the Kano State Government on Thursday queried the Sanusi over alleged misappropriation of N3.4bn by the Kano Emirate Council.

    The state government had also created four emirates out of Kano.

  • Ganduje queries Emir Sanusi on alleged N2.4bn misappropriation

    Ganduje queries Emir Sanusi on alleged N2.4bn misappropriation

    Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano State has queried Emir Muhammadu Sanusi over alleged financial misappropriation of N2.4 billion.

    The office of the secretary to the state government issued the letter on behalf of the governor on Thursday.

    The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission had on Tuesday, disclosed that it has uncovered over N2.4 billion, allegedly misappropriated by the Emir between 2014 and 2017.

    A preliminary report of the investigation carried out by the Commission, signed by its Chairman, Mr Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, and made available to newsmen in Kano, raised four cardinal issues, bordering on indictment, the amount involved, obstruction of investigation and recommendations.

     

    Details soon…

  • Emir Sanusi in fresh trouble, agency recommends suspension

    The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission has recommended the suspension of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi 11 over the misappropriation of N3.4 billion.

    The alleged amount was said to have been misappropriated between 2014 and 2017.

    A preliminary report of investigation conducted by the commission and signed by its Chairman, Mr Muhuyi Magaji, recommended the suspension of the Emir and other suspects, especially for obstructing investigation.

    The emir, tagged principal suspect, should be suspended pending the final outcome of the investigations, the commission said.

    “This is a necessary administrative disciplinary action aimed at preventing the suspects from further interfering with the commission’s investigations”, the commission said.

    The recommendation will escalate the worsening relationship between the administration of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the Emir, whose territory has been balkanised by the administration. Ganduje’s government following the recommendation of the House of Assembly split the Emirate into five and appointed emirs for Bichi, Gaya, Rano and Karaye.

    The latest probe was in respect of a petition of financial misappropriation levelled against Kano Emirate Council under the present Muhammadu Sanusi II.

    The interim report raised four cardinal issues bordering on indictments, amount involved, obstruction of investigation and recommendations.

    The report indicated that the Kano Emirate Council had spent over N1.4 billion in various expenditures believed to be fraudulent and unappropriated.

    In addition, the Emirate Council was alleged to have spent over N1.9 billion unappropriated on seemingly personal expenditures, making the total sum of the questionable expenditures.

    According to the report, the expenditures contravened the provisions of Section 120 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and Section 8 of the Kano State Emirate Council Special Fund Law 2004.

    Similarly, the expenditures had also violated Section 314 of Penal Code as well as provisions of Section 26 of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission Law 2008 (as amended).

    “It is also the opinion of this Commission, based on the available evidence, that Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II continued to undermine the investigation through various means which include giving instruction to all officers invited for clarification to shun the commission’s invitation.

    “The act is seriously affecting the process of our statutory responsibility and offends the provisions of Section 25 of the Commission’s enabling Law 2008 (as amended),” the report said.

    “The commission further recommends that the contract awarded to Tri-C Nigeria Limited for renovation of Babban Daki, Kofar Kudu and Gidan Sarki Dorayi should be revoked as the company belongs to one of the suspects in person of Alhaji Mannir Sanusi, (The Chief of Staff in the Emirate),” it said.

    According to the report, the company failed to settle the sub-contractor, Cardinal Architecture Ltd, after being duly paid.

    It further recommended that appropriate authority should be put in place to oversee the affairs of the Emirate Council in line with established statutes and policies, pending the final outcome of the commission’s investigations.

    It also recommended that further legal action should be taken against all the suspects as soon as the final outcome of the investigations were concluded and legal advice accordingly issued.

    Meanwhile, the Emirate Council is yet to react to this fresh development.

  • 2019: Sanusi spits fire, says 'Nigerians must stop electing leaders with no basic education'

    2019: Sanusi spits fire, says 'Nigerians must stop electing leaders with no basic education'

    The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Saturday advised Nigerians to stop electing leaders without education into public offices.
     
    He said Nigerians in the past had elected or chosen to elect leaders who had no education and thus could not give an education when they were elected.
     
    The former Central Bank of Nigeria governor spoke at the 6th convocation ceremony of Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, where he was conferred an Honorary Degree of Science along side the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III.
     
    He said: “We have to take an interest in the quality of our leaders and representatives in the level of education. If you look around this country at many levels of leadership, we have elected and we have chosen to elect people who do not have an education. And because they are not educated, they cannot give an education.
     
    “We need to lay more emphasis on the quality of people we elect to executive and legislative offices and we need to make sure that those to whom we entrust policy are themselves educated and know the value of education.”
     
    The Emir also advised the Federal Government to invest the trillions of naira it was spending on subsidising petroleum products on educating the young ones in the country.
     
    According to him, the money spent on building roads, bridges and trains should first be used to educating the young ones, noting that development was first and foremost about people.
     
    Sanusi said: “Let us invest more in education and let us give up some of the privileges that we have such as the trillions we are spending subsiding petroleum products. That money should go into educating our young people.
     
    “We are spending too much monies on roads and bridges and trains and too little money educating our children. Let us educate these young people and they will build the roads, train and bridges. We do not need to invite the Chinese to do that for us. And until the leadership at all levels in this country and the followership understand that this is what is most important, because I do understand sometimes that if a governor does not build roads or bridges, he is seen as not have been performed by the people.
     
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    “We build all these highways and there are more pedestrians on the highways than cars and those pedestrians are most often people without education and help. Development is first and foremost about people.”
     
    He also blamed northern leaders for failing to provide the enabling environment for children in north to attend schools.
     
    Earlier in his remarks, Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Huseyin Sert, said 21 students were awarded First Class degree out of the 365 graduands.
     
    He said: “In this 2017/2018 session, we are glad to celebrate our 6th convocation ceremony with a total number of 365 graduands made up of 21 first class honours, 67 Second Class Upper, 96 Second Class Lower and two Third Class.
     
    “Indeed, the turnover of graduands from the university has justified our vision and mission statement of producing quality graduates who shall be full of knowledge, skills and experience to contribute to technological and economic development nationally and internationally.
     
    “The university expresses its gratitude to all those that contributed to the success of this occasion which enabled us to actualise our dream of being one of the best tertiary institutions in the world. We particularly felicitate with both graduating students and their parents for their high sense of duty and commitment in making their stay in the university a fruitful one.”
     
    Also, the Alaafin of Oyo commended the institution for the award, saying that it will spur him to do more for society.

  • U.S. Investment Summit: Kachikwu replies Sanusi, explains why he was absent

    U.S. Investment Summit: Kachikwu replies Sanusi, explains why he was absent

    The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday refuted reports that he was absent at an intended meeting with investors in the U.S. alongside other ministers.

    A statement in Abuja by the spokesman for the Ministry Mr Idang Alibi, said Kachikwu was at another investors meeting in the UK.

    The statent read in part ”the office of the Minister has recently been beleaguered with various media reports concerning the absence of the Minister of State at the recent US-Nigeria Investment Summit held in Washington, DC.

    ”It is important to note that Dr Kachikwu was not in the United States of America as reported and was not billed to attend the summit.

    ”He was in the United Kingdom where he had just concluded the facilitation of a key investment meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Royal Dutch Shell plc. led by the CEO, Bernardus Van Beurden, in London.

    ”He is committed to delivering the major aspirations of the #7BigWins of which Business and Investment Drive is a key theme”.

    There were reports that the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi had criticised the ministers who were to attend the investment summit, but were absent.

    Only the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi reportedly attended the investors meeting.

  • Sanusi chides ministers for missing meeting with investors in Washington DC

    The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has lambasted Nigerian ministers for missing a meeting with investors in Washington DC despite some of them being in the US.

    Speaking to journalists on Saturday at an investment programme organised by the Nigerian Embassy, Sanusi said Nigeria might lose investors because of the attitude of the ministers.

    According to the emir, there was no reason for the absence of the officials and the challenges faced at the beginning of the event.

    Sanusi said, “We had a meeting today with investors, we were supposed to start by 9am; we started at 10. When I came in, they took me to the ambassador’s office to sit, when investors were waiting there. We had a list of people who were to be here, Vice-President, ministers, some of them are in town, but they haven’t come up.

    “You invite top investors, your ministers are in Washington and they do not come to talk to the investors about Nigeria. That is not how you attract investors. If you have this forum in the Rwandan embassy, I assure you President Kagame himself would be there telling people to come to Rwanda.”

    According to The Cable, some of the ministers, who were absent from the event, included the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu; and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

    Others, who shunned the event, included the Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola; the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi; the Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu; and the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh.

    The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission Yewande Sadiku; Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, and all governors were absent while only the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, was present.

    The emir added, “Sometimes, it is about how we market ourselves, how we package ourselves. There is absolutely no reason for the Nigerian embassy to arrange a ‘Nigeria is open for Business’ forum with ministers in town, with governors in town, and not have the coordination that they are actually here to meet with these investors.

    “There is no reason why we should start one hour late, and there is no reason why the public address system should not work. Because at the end of the day, this is the first point of the country.

  • Ganduje appoints Emir Sanusi chair of Kano Investment Advisory Committee

    Ganduje appoints Emir Sanusi chair of Kano Investment Advisory Committee

    Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has appointed the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to chair the newly inaugurated Kano Investment Advisory Committee.

    The committee is saddled with the task of identifying strategies for making the state economically viable.

    The governor hinted that the overall wisdom behind the committee was to take advantage of the personality of the emir, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

    “We need to take the advantage of his personality around the globe,” he said during inauguration ceremony of the committee, held at Government House, Kano, in the presence of members of the state executive council and members and the Kano emirate council.

    Some of the terms of reference of the committee are unlocking the constraints that hinder the progress of the economic potentials of the state, facilitating inflow of foreign and domestic investments, and working with the federal and state governments in addressing concerns that impede the economic progress of the state.

    Mr. Ganduje assured that the state government would do everything possible to make sure the committee’s work was integrated with the policy direction of his administration.

    He said the committee would work with private organisations and other relevant organisations to enhance the economic viability of the state.

    The committee’s work also includes advising government on the best practices in the economic development of the state, coupled with submitting periodic report to government.

    On his part, the Emir of Kano assured the governor that they would discharge their given responsibilities with all sense of responsibility and ownership. He also commended the governor for the good initiative.

    Members of the committee were drawn from the business community, government agencies and the emirate council.

  • Emir of Kano, Sanusi urges herdsmen to obey Fayose’s Anti-Grazing Law

    Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on Monday declared support for Ekiti State Anti Grazing Law, while advising herdsmen to oblige every tenets of the laws to ensure peace reign in the state.

    Sanusi made the in statement in Ado Ekiti through his representative, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau at a stakeholders meeting organised by the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose to battle farmers/herders clash in the state.

    The emir said, “I want to advise you all to cooperate with one another and respect the laws of the land. To maintain the peace, I convey a clear message to all cattle herders to oblige to the laws of the land.”

    The meeting was attended by National Leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association

    Recall that Sanusi who is a patron of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders recently said there has not been enough investment in cattle rearing in Nigeria.

    The emir while reacting to killings by herdsmen in parts of the country noted that if government and other stakeholders had taken cattle rearing seriously by building ranches and grazing reserves for herdsmen, the nation would have gained more.

  • Governors Ortom, Ishaku attack Emir Sanusi for accusing them of sponsoring militia

    Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and his Taraba State counterpart, Mr Darius Ishaka, have hit out at the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, after he accused him of sponsoring the militia causing havoc in the states.

    Sanusi claims Ortom training militia to attack the herdsmen.

    During a meeting with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Niger State, Sanusi regretted the attitude of the states towards open grazing.

    He said: “We hope that the Vice President will speak to the Governors of Taraba and Benue in particular, on the manner the militias have continued to implement these obnoxious and unconstitutional laws”.

    “We hope that he will speak to the governors and the traditional rulers of the Bachama, the Tivs. This country cannot afford ethnic conflicts and hopefully we will sit down with them and find a way forward.”

    Reacting to the statement, Ortom’s Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, absolved his principal of the allegations.

    Akase argued that if the Governor was sponsoring the militia, they would not have launched an attack on the state.

    Similarly, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ishaku on Media and Publicity, Bala Abu, described the allegation as “false and unfair.”

    “The government has not recruited militia and is not involved in the training of such people anywhere in or outside of the state.

    “The government advises the Emir to rather use his vantage position as a traditional and religious leader to complement the peace efforts of the government than raise unnecessary alarm capable of causing disaffection among the peace-loving people of Taraba State,” Abu said in a statement.