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  • Ganduje Appoints Kano Emir Chair Investment Advisory Committee

    Ganduje Appoints Kano Emir Chair Investment Advisory Committee

    Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has appointed the Kano Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to chair the newly inaugurated Kano Investment Advisory Committee, with the view to identifying strategies for making the state economically viable.

    The governor hinted that the overall wisdom behind the Committee was to take the advantage of the personality of the Emir, arguing that, “We need to take the advantage of his personality around the globe.”

    Ganduje added that sometimes it could be difficult to separate between investments and personalities, “…hence our resolve to work with the Emir,” he said.

    He made the revelation 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 Emirate Council, Kano.

    Unlocking 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, were amongst the terms of reference given to the committee.

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

    Assuring further that, they would work with the private organisations and other relevant organisations to enhance the economic viability of the state.

    Committee’s work was also extended to 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.

  • WHO donates motorcycles, phones to kano to speed up immunisation

    WHO donates motorcycles, phones to kano to speed up immunisation

    The World Heath Organisation ( WHO ), has donated 72 motorcycles and 45 mobile phones worth millions of Naira to Kano state government to enhance surveillance activities on polio lmmunisation.

    WHO representative in Nigeria, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu, who presented the items to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said it was in recognition of the proactive measures taken to enhance surveillance activities against the outbreak of diseases across the 44 Local Government areas of the state. 

    Alemu urged the state to increase the tempo, as the current vaccination rate is very low by working strategies with traditional rulers and other stakeholders on how to improve the immunisation coverage. 

    Governor Ganduje, described WHO’S contributions to health sector in the state as too enormous, as such, this has motivated the government to invest more on the sector. 

    In his remark, the state commissioner for health, Dr. Kabiru lbrahim Getso, said that apart from the motorcycles donated, WHO had budgeted  N1.5b for 2018 to support Kano in training and logistics on polio lmmunization.

  • Ganduje approves N45.7m for JAMB registration of 5000 candidates in 2018

    Ganduje approves N45.7m for JAMB registration of 5000 candidates in 2018

    Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has approved the sum of N45.7 million for the purchase of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board ( JAMB ) forms, screening and registration of 5, 000 students who are billed to sit for the examination in 2018.

    Briefing Reporters on the outcome of the state weekly executive council meeting yesterday, the state Commissioner for Information, Internal Affairs, Youths and Culture, Comrade Muhammad Garba, said out of the figure, N18 million was set aside for screening, training and registration of the students.

    He further stated that the sum of N15, 640, 000 was also approved for 1120 students of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso College of Advanced Remedial studies for their registration, training and screening for the 2018 IJMB extermination.

    He said the Council also approved the sum of N19, 24, 000 for another set of 1, 545 students to register and sit for the IJMB extermination.

    According Garba, the Council also approved the sum of N35, 7, 543.00 for the hosting of the first matriculation ceremony of the state-owned Yusuf Maitama Sule University coming up in March this year.

    On accreditation of courses in the state-owned tertiary institutions, the Commissioner recalled that, “when we came on board in 2015, most of the courses in our tertiary institutions were not accreditated for many years. We have secured accreditation of most courses in Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil and Kano state polytechnic.”

    He added that, “in 2016 alone we spent N161, 819, 753 for the accreditation of 51 course programmes out of which 49 of them were fully accreditated, while two courses were not fully accredited. In 2018, we have 16 new programmes in Kano state polytechnic that have been presented to the Council for verification and presentation for accreditation at the cost of N100 million.”

  • NDLEA Destroys 54,244, 639kg of illicit drugs worth N10b in Kano

    NDLEA Destroys 54,244, 639kg of illicit drugs worth N10b in Kano

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ) yesterday in Kano destroyed over 54, 244, 639kg of assorted narcotic drugs worth over N10 billion.
    Speaking during a brief ceremony witnessed by Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the state NDLEA chairman and Chief Executive, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (rtd) raised the alarm over the high rate of Nigerian youths and women engaging in drug abuse and trafficking.
    According to him, the future of our youths should be paramount and from indication, with the involvement of them in drugs, the Federal Government must take immediate action to redeem their future and also tackle the menace of drug abuse.
    He added that, “in as much as the tonnage of the seized drugs for destruction today is a clear indication of a good performance by NDLEA, for 54.244 metric tons of drugs to be intercepted from a particular state in no such a long period of time is of unacceptable magnitude and quiet worrisome. It speaks of the extent and prevalence of these deadly substances in the state.”
    Giving details of the seizure, the NDLEA state Commander, Hamza Umar said it was a collective efforts of the state Command and the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport ( MAKIA ), NDLEA Command.
    According to him, “to fully appreciate the abnormality and magnitude of the problem, the two Commands within the last three years (2015-2017) made a total seizure of 12, 314, 3211 in 2016 and in 2017,  47, 12, 314, 3211KG from January to date, 14, 99, 424kg seizure was made as you can see the analysis of what we are burning today.”
    He said in all the figures, Cannabis Sativa was 11, 504.822kg, Psychotropic substances 42, 700.27kg, Cocaine 26.187kg, Heroine 13.360kg, adding that, “all the achievements would not have been possible without the full support of a visionary leader, His Excellency Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje who provided condusive atmosphere to operate.”
    Umar also hailed the effort of the Joint Task Force that involved all the security agencies would not have worked positively without Ganduje’s moral and financial support, adding that the operational vehicles of the Command were mostly donation from Kano state Government.
    The NDLEA boss also used the opportunity to appeal to Governor Ganduje to facilitate the completion of rehabilitation centre which he said when completed will help in discouraging youths against the dangers of drug abuse.
    In his address, Governor Ganduje promised continuous support to NDLEA, just as he thanked Kano people, particularly the  Kano Concerned Citizens for their effort in curbing the menace of drug abuse among youths in the state.
     
    He added that apart from donating operational vehicles to NDLEA, his administration has continued to support the agency financially and otherwise, including the creation of a Special Taskforce that is aiding the agency in the fight against drug abuse.
    In his speech, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Youths and Students Affairs, Nasiru Adhama, regretted that crimes committed by youths are mostly caused by drug abuse.
    He advocated for more funding to the NDLEA, pointing out that, “how can the NDLEA fight drugs trafficking with meager Capital Budget of N127 million and total overhead of N393 million in 2017?”
  • Ganduje deserves second term in office – Tinubu

    Ganduje deserves second term in office – Tinubu

    The national leader of All Progressive Party (APC) and former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu has described Kano state Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as a dependable and trusted fellow who deserve to be given a chance for a second term in office.

    Tinubu who was in Kano to commiserate with the governor over the death of former Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Yusuf Maitama Sule said “Ganduje is a dependable and trusted fellow who deserve second term in office.

    “Ganduje is dependable and reliable that is why I will not hesitate to endorse him for another four years. We are with him body and soul because you are a great man and very loyal party man.

    “One thing that we must note in His Excellency, Governor Ganduje is that  he is one of the most straightforward, dependable individual.. When you agree on something, or ‘do a deal with him,’ you can go to sleep because you will be the one to break that accord, not him. Ganduje, I want to say thank you.”

    According to him, “you are so humble, so dependable. You are a friend that is completely flexible. You have the understanding of family and friendship”, adding that Ganduje’s performance in the last two years is overwhelming, noting that there is no part of the state that the governor didn’t touch. 

    “Ganduje is a good example of what we in APC the progressive are preaching, if all our governors are doing what Ganduje is doing I won’t lose sleep”.

  • Kano declares Tuesday public holiday for Maitama Sule

    Kano declares Tuesday public holiday for Maitama Sule

    Kano State Government has declared Tuesday as public holiday in honour of late elder statesman, Alhaji Maitama Sule, who died, in the early hours of Monday in a hospital in Cairo, Egypt.

    The state government in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Mallam Mohammed Garba, who confirmed that the former Minister of National Guidance in the Second Republic, died in Cairo after a protracted illness.

    According to the statement, the deceased lying in state will take place at the palace of Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11, to enable prominent Nigerians to mourn and pay their last respect to the elder statesman before his internment.

    The statement reads: ” The death has occurred today (Monday) of Alhaji (Dr.) Yusuf Maitama Sule, Dan Masanin Kano.

    “Dr. Yusuf Maitama Sule died at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, where he was receiving treatment for an illness.

    “Funeral prayer for the deceased will be conducted tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Emir’s Palace, Kofar Kudu, by 4:00 p.m.

    “Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has declared Tuesday a work – free day in the state to mourn the death of the elder statesman.”

    Confirming the ex-minister’s death, one of his surviving sons, Alhaji Mukhtar Maitama Sule, said he died 24 hours after arriving the Egyptian hospital.

    He said his father’s remains would be flown to Nigeria on Tuesday for a befitting burial.

  • Commissioner: Ganduje sends 13 names to Assembly

    Commissioner: Ganduje sends 13 names to Assembly

    Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje yesterday presented to the House of Assembly, the names of 13 commissioner-nominees, for approval.

    The newly-sworn in House Speaker, Mr. Kabiru Alasan Rurum, who spoke in a letter signed by the governor and read on the floor of the Assembly, said among the nominees were Comrade Mohammed Garba, the national president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and former state Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Rabiu Bako.

    Others are the ex-Commissioner for Agriculture, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna; former Special Adviser to the ex-governor, Dr. Ali Haruna Makoda and former Executive Secretary of the Scholarship Board, Usman Sule Riruwai.

    The rest are Dr. Faruk B. B. Faruk, former special adviser (protocol) to ex-Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; Murtala Sule Garo, chairman, Kabo Local Government; Garba Haruna Lawal, former special adviser; Kabiru Isa Dan Dago of Bayero University, Kano; Dr. Kabiru Ibrahim Getso, senior registrar, CMD department, AKTH; Mrs. Aisha Mohammed Bello, assistant general manager, First Bank Plc; Garba Haruna Lawal; Zubaida Lawal and Haruna Naagoma Falali.

    The Speaker said the House would expedite action for the approval of the list.

  • Kwankwaso ‘anoints’ deputy as successor

    Kwankwaso ‘anoints’ deputy as successor

    Kano State governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, on Friday anointed his deputy, Engr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as the All Progressives Congress candidate for the 2015 governorship election in the state.

    The Nation gathered that before the development, there were concerns within the Kwankwasiyya political movement and the APC over who will fly the party’s flag in the  election.

    Bowing to intense pressure from various pressure groups within and outside the party, Governor Kwankwaso approved Ganduje’s candidature and urged other aspirants to support the deputy governor in the interest of the party and the state as a whole.

    Ganduje, who also picked the expression of interest form at the party’s secretariat on Friday, could not hide his excitement as he acknowledged cheers from thousands of supporters who converged at the party’s secretariat to register their support.

    The elated deputy governor described his anointment by Kwankwaso as a triumph of hope, promising to continue with the governor’s legacies if he is elected in February next year.

     

  • Kano warns absconding council chiefs on polio immunisation

    Kano warns absconding council chiefs on polio immunisation

    KANO State government has cautioned key local government officials who were in the habit of neglecting their duty posts during the polio immunisation exercise.

    Deputy Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who is also the coordinator of task force on the exercise, gave the warning in Kano while kick-starting another round of routine immunisation at Danhassan in Kura Local Government Area.

    Ganduje, who expressed dismay over the habit of some local government chairmen who were not present during his supervision to some high risk areas, said government would not hesitate to institute severe punishment on anyone found guilty if the problem persists.

    He noted that polio eradication programme should be a collective effort of all in order to achieve the desired goal.

    The deputy governor said the state government would not tolerate any act capable of undermining the entire process.

    On his remarks, the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Haliru Alhassan, who also present at the occasion, praised the government for its commitment to polio eradication.

    Alhassan also advised the general public to adhere to personal hygiene in order to protect themselves from polio and the Ebola virus disease, which recently had its way to the country.

    He warned against the use of salt and bitter Kola as preventive measure to the disease.

    But recent series of suicide bombing in Kano State, where almost 30 persons reportedly lost their lives and injured many others, marred one of the activities of immunisation exercise in the just concluded Immunisation Plus Days (IPDs).

    A routine review meeting, which serves as a platform for the stakeholders to cross fertilise ideas on the entire activities and resolve on some cogent issues for better outing during the immunisation exercise was cancelled in the state’s eight metropolitan local government areas as a result of security challenges, which recently resurfaced during Sallah celebration.

    Some of the stakeholders, who spoke with members of Journalist Against Polio (JAP) in Kano, said the move to cancel the review meeting was to avoid any social gathering that has the potential of undermining the entire activities of the immunisation exercise against polio due to security threat.

    Following the development, the stakeholders considered telephone conversation as the most effective channel of communication before, during and after the exercise as disclosed by the medical personnel in the affected local government areas, including Dala, Kano Municipal Council (KMC), Fagge, Tarauni, Ungogo, Kumbotso, Gwale and Nasarawa.

    The Primary Health Care Officer in Kumbotso Local Government, Mr. Idris Adamu Balan, said all the key stakeholders have been directed to remain in their respective wards and avoid gathering that is more than a number of five persons, while the special monitoring team should go about their supervisions accordingly.

    He explained that impressive success has so far been recorded in an effort to eradicate polio in Kumbotso, owning to the fact that the local council, recently considered as one of high risk councils, had no case of polio since last November.

    Although the local government was not spear among the councils, which are still facing daunting challenges of non-compliance with polio vaccination, the PHC official said through efforts of both traditional and religious leaders among other key stakeholders, they were able to resolve the issues and the 164,000 targetted children were vaccinated.

    The state task force on polio eradication had earlier noted that it has succeeded at ensuring that health workers do not skip houses during the IPDs, by engaging informants to bring feedbacks to the concerned authorities.

     

  • Kano spends N250m on free feeding

    Kano spends N250m on free feeding

    Kano State Government has spent over N250 million to purchase food items for its Free Ramadan Feeding Programme at 176 centres in eight metropolitan local governments.

    The Deputy Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, made this known while inspecting the food items at the headquarters of Kano Printing Press, Kano, where they were stored.

    Ganduje said the feeding is done to compliment the effort of the less-privileged who could not afford to feed themselves during the Ramadan fasting, adding that the programme has no political undertone.

    He said committees were set up in the eight local government areas to oversee the feeding to avoid hitches.

    Over 720,000 bags of grains were distributed for the exercise.

    He stated that a five-member committee was constituted in each centre with an Imam as chairman.

    According to him, N10,000 is being disbursed to each centre as allowance for soup ingredients and another 10,000 and a pair of wax will be given to each cook at the end of fasting period.

    Ganduje pointed out that the token amount for the cooks is not meant to pay for the services they rendered during the fasting period, but to serve as a source of encouragement.

    He added that they would get their overall reward.

    He directed that each secretary of the committee to submit a comprehensive report on the exercise at the end of every 10 days.