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  • Kano to offset Super Eagles bill as team storms state

    Kano to offset Super Eagles bill as team storms state

    Nigeria’s Home Based Super Eagles on Monday stormed Kano to commence preparations for their away first round campaign against their Benenoise counterpart for a place in CHAN 2018. In the same vein, the chairman, Kano state Sports Commission, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima has confirmed that  the state government opted to shoulder all the bills to be incurred during the two weeks camping exercise in the state.

    According to him, the gesture is aimed at encouraging sports development, noting that the sports loving governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has reinstated the desire of his administration to continue to support the hosting of national events in the state.

    Galadima decline to comment on the amount that would be expended in hosting the team in the state, he rather disclosed that, the team will travel from Kano to Benin republic for the first leg and would return to Kano for the return leg against Benin republic in August 18th.

    NFF Executive member quizzed on why the current board should seek assistance from Kano state government for the two leg matches said “ we are not in red, we are not cap in hand, we only exploit the opportunity given to us by Dr Ganduje, when we visited his Excellency, he asked us to bring national matches to Kano and he was ready to support the initiative.

    Meanwhile, 15 out of the 25 players invited have arrived their Tahir Guest palace camp site in high spirit.

    The head coach of the Nigerian side and Super Eagles chief coach, Salisu Yusuf in the company of an Executive member of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF Sharu Rabiu Ahlan ushered the players to a warm welcome.

    Our correspondent gathered that, other invited players could not hit the camp, because they  have  to honour weekend fixtures of the Nigeria Professional Football League matches.

  • Maitama Sule’s body arrives Kano, ready for burial

    Maitama Sule’s body arrives Kano, ready for burial

    The remains of elder statesman, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule arrived the ancient city of Kano onboard an airforce plane with registration number NAF 913 at about 3:30 PM.

    The plane landed at the Kano airforce base where the host governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and his counterpart s from Bauchi and Jigawa states received the body.

    Immediately, the body was driven straight to his private residence at Dawaki road in an ambulance, to the awaiting hands of his family and well-wishers for their last respect to their beloved father.

    However, thousands of mourners and dignitaries from all walks of life have converged on the Emir’s palace anxiously waiting to pay their last respect to the elder statesman for prayers and burial.

  • Osinbajo, IBB, Sultan, others save Emir of Kano from Assembly probe

    Osinbajo, IBB, Sultan, others save Emir of Kano from Assembly probe

    The Kano State House of Assembly on Monday stopped further probe of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, following a letter received from Government House and signed by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, urging the House to halt the probe due to appeals from notable Nigerians who pleaded on behalf of the Emir.

    The Nation gathered that Ganduje who recognized the principles of separation of powers stated that his letter to that effect did not intend to threaten the independence of the House.

    According to the Speaker of the Kano state House of Assembly who read the Governor’s letter yesterday afternoon, Hon. Kabiru Alhasan Rurum, the decision to suspend the probe was prompted by a letter written by Kano state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje requesting the House to halt further actions against the Royal Father.

    The letter from the Governor appealed to the state legislative arm to halt proceedings into the eight count charge against the Emir of Kano, citing mediation by prominent Nigerians, including the Governors’ Forum, Acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, Sultan of Sokoto, Alh Sahaad Abubakar, Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, Aminu Dantata and Alhaji Aliko Dangote.

    Ganduje in the letter to the House buttressed his appeal for the cancellation of further investigation of the charges against the Kano monarch positing that the Emir had shown remorse during a reconciliation session organized by Northern Governors’ forum in Kaduna.

    The House after an extensive deliberation session passed a unanimous verdict approving the termination of the probe into the alleged illicit activities of the Emir.

    The Nation learned that the House before now had planned to allegedly create additional Emirates in the state.

    However, a lawmaker who spoke to The Nation on condition of anonymity expressed dissatisfaction over the abrupt intervention by prominent Nigerians.

    According to him, “I am not happy at all because we are set to make the records straight before this sudden intervention by prominent personalities in the country.”

    The Nation reports that Emir Sanusi has been in controversy lately with the allegation of financial misappropriation and alleged misconduct.

    Apart from the probe initiated by the Kano state anti-corruption agency, Emir Sanusi recently entered the black book of the state Assembly as it set up an eight-man committee to investigate the Emir.

    A member representing Nasarawa Local Government Area, Alhaji Ibrahim Gama last week raised a motion of urgent public importance.

    Gama frowned at the recent comments credited to the Emir over the proposed Kano light rail project which will soon be executed by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

    The Chairman of the House committee on Works insisted that, “the statement from the Emir is capable of tarnishing his image, the Government and that of the assembly.

    “The Emir during his speech in Kaduna alleged that the Kano State Governor and his entourage, including me as the Chairman of the House committee on Works wasted one month in China seeking for a loan to construct rail.”

    “The Emir’s statement was not true, we spent only four days in China, and our visit was to find out the capability of the company to handle the rail project.

    “His utterances have caused a lot of insult to me, the state government and also the house of assembly by the general public in the state, and outside the state.”

    He took a swipe at Emir Sanusi for sending his daughter to represent in one of the functions organized by Bring Back Our Girls group in Abuja, describing it as inimical to the tradition of the Emirate Council.

    “There are many responsible Emirate Council members who can represent him at the Programme. This is the first time we are seeing such in the historical traditional home,” he added.

    According to Gama, the mode of dressing by the Emir’s daughter during the Programme, was an embarrassment to the emirate council and the tradition of Kano people.

    He also accused Sanusi for introducing religious issues that are contrary to the teachings of Islam, saying such things are capable of disgracing the religion.

    Gama further accused Emir Sanusi of involvement in political issues, misappropriation of emirate Council’s fund, and making statements against President Muhammad Buhari.

  • Kano trains 7, 000 youths on google digital

    Kano trains 7, 000 youths on google digital

     Over 7000 youths in Kano state were yesterday trained on Google digital skills, in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative, designed to empower youths to become self-reliant and employers of labour.
     
    The youths were trained in six different centres simultaneously within Kano metropolis.
     
    Speaking during the inauguration of the one-day training workshop, Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje underscored the importance for youths to be conversant, with information technology, so as to realize their full potentials in the modern world.
     
    According to him, “present day life is driven by digital knowledge. The aim of the state government is to empower Kano youths, with ICT knowledge, as a way of making them become self-reliant and useful to the society.”
     
    He further stated that, “part of the motive for organizing the empowerment programme is to get rid of poverty, upgrade Kano youths, so as to contend, with their contemporaries from other climes. We hope that this will accord them the knowledge, with which to shun anti-societal vices and engage themselves in meaning and productive ventures.”

    He expressed  optimism that on completion of the first  and second phases of the exercise, a minimum of 7000 youths in the state would utilize the digital knowledge acquired to support the fight against climate change, improve agricultural sector, provision of quality health service and further proceed to secure the future of the state.
     
    Ganduje added that selected participants were drawn from the 44 Local Government Areas without resort to the considering political party affiliation.
     
    Earlier in his remark, Kano state Commissioner for Information, Youths and Culture, comrade Mohammed Garba disclosed that, the one day intensive  programme was being held in six different locations across the state.
     
    He disclosed that, the training programme is a joint capacity building venture between the state government and the office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on SDG’s, adding that upon completion, the state government will equip the participants with laptop computers and other necessary equipments they need to start-up their business.
     
    In her address, Kano state Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Bar. Zubaida Damaka Abubakar said that Ganduje’s administration has trained and empowered youths in different skills acquisition areas like automobile, computer training among others, adding that in realization of the training exercise, the state government released N5.6 million as counterpart funding for the training programme.
     
    The Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on SDG’s, Adejoke Orelope Adefulire revealed that, over 125,000 Nigerian youths would be provided with ICT basic skills across the country.
     
    The aide to president Buhari, who was represented by the Secretary attached to the office of the SSA, Alhaji Waziri Laminu, stated that, 7000 beneficiaries have been selected from Kano to benefit from the national scheme.
  • Use mosques as classrooms, Emir Sanusi tells northern governors

    Use mosques as classrooms, Emir Sanusi tells northern governors

    The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II has advised northern governors to use mosques to offer primary education instead of constructing more classrooms, in the midst of scarce resources.

    Emir Sanusi who spoke during the combined graduation of 2,000 in-service teachers under the Kano state Teacher Upgrade Training Programme, maintained that the idea was feasible and cost-saving.

    He said: “Since there are many mosques in the northern part of the country, across local governments, they could function as primary schools during the day time and in between afternoon and evening obligatory prayers.

    “By so doing, we can limit the amount we spend on school infrastructure and devote the funds to the training of teachers, which is among the critical factors that lead to positive learning outcomes.”

    According to him, “as proof that the idea will work, he stated that during a visited to Fez, a city in Morocco some time ago, he visited a mosque which, besides its traditional function as a place of worship, was also conveniently serving as a university with a structured course outlines and lecturers.”

    The Emir maintained that “the separation of mosques from the teaching of formal education contributed significantly to the notion, among misguided people, that Islam is against western education.”

    He, however, expressed happiness that for the first time, the government of Kano state has understood that the problem of education is not principally about infrastructure and teaching materials, but placed emphasis on teacher capacity building for better leaning outcomes.

    The governor of Kano state, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje told the gathering that Kano has over 3 million pupils in public primary schools, over 52,000 teachers and 6,000 public basic education schools, with multiple challenges, including that of infrastructure.

    “Despite the current economic hardships, there are still ongoing construction of new schools, more renovation works in many schools, procurement and provision of essential teaching and learning materials,” he assured.

    Besides, the governor stated that administration is determined to improve the quality of human resource in the education sector for effective teaching and learning, saying, “we are surely obliged to continue to demonstrate our commitment to the development of education in the state.”

    Dr. Ganduje explained that his vision is to ensure that “by the end of year 2017, all unqualified basic education teachers in Kano State will become professional teachers through Teacher Upgrade Programme and other in-service Training opportunities.”

  • Kano in good hands with Ganduje – Tambuwal

    Kano in good hands with Ganduje – Tambuwal

    The Governor of Sokoto state , Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Thursday said Kano state remains in good hands with Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as Governor.
    He described ‎Ganduje as a visionary and people-oriented leader with the committed mind for the development of the state as north’s commercial nerve.

    The former Speaker, House of Representatives made the remark in Sokoto when Ganduje paid him a courtesy call.

    According to Tambuwal: ”Ganduje is not my friend, but a Senior brother and a colleague.

    ”He is an experienced public servant and a very mature  politician.

    ”I must, therefore, commend him for giant developmental strides in Kano State.”

    The governor also commended Ganduje for  choosing Sokoto to hold their retreat on the operations of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Tambuwal further noted that the retreat would allow for stock taking and fashioning out more people-oriented programmes and policies.

    In his short speech, Ganduje told Tambuwal that, they were in Sokoto for a three-day Retreat on the activities of the APC.

    ”APC is the greatest party in Africa and will brainstorm on the achievements, problems and ways forward.

    ”We will also look at the constitution of the party, its philosophy, as well as understand the basic issues.

    ”We will discuss issues relating to internal democracy and other sundry issues,” Ganduje added.

  • Ganduje launches empowerment programme for orphans

    Ganduje launches empowerment programme for orphans

    Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has launched a special empowerment programme for 520 orphans from across the 44 local government areas of the state.

    Under the programme, 20 orphans each from the eight metropolitan local governments were given N20, 000 cash, while 10 orphans each were from the remaining 36 local government areas were given the same amount.

    Addressing the beneficiaries yesterday in Kano, the governor said his administration is committed to promoting the welfare of less privileged children.

    Governor Ganduje stated that the state fostering law was amended to facilitate improvement of the lives and security of adopted orphans stressing that taking care of orphans is not only a social obligation but also a religious duty.

    “Like every other child, they have a right to decent living and education so that they can contribute meaningfully to nation building”, the governor stated, adding that children are the greatest assets of nation building.

    He, therefore, appealed to wealthy people in the society to support the education of orphans as well as to encourage them to be creative so that they can eventually become active contributors to the national economy.

    The governor called on foster parents and guardians to treat the orphans under their care properly and to make sure that the children acquired sound moral values that would transform them into responsible citizens.

    Governor Ganduje also used the occasion to flag-off the “Buy made in Kano Products” campaign and the launch of Kano Sate Commerce Week, anchored by the state Ministry of Commerce.

  • Communal security must not be treated with levity – Ganduje

    Communal security must not be treated with levity – Ganduje

    Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje Monday said that communal security is a collective responsibility of all stakeholders which should not be treated with levity.

    Ganduje noted that there is the need for a concerted effort of all security arms towards ensuring necessary and relevant information needed to be given to security operatives for them to achieve the desired goals.

    The governor maintained that security agencies cannot work in isolation, without the cooperation and timely release of relevant information from members of the public. Adding that “Every community member has a vital role to play in maintaining law and order.”

    Ganduje stated this while receiving executive members of the state Chairman, Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) described community policing as the key to addressing emerging security problems in the state and the country at large.

    According to him, his administration has been working with the Police, the Army and vigilantes to address security problems such as cattle rustling and drug trafficking, pointing out that success is being recorded because of the support received from community members.

    Ganduje therefore promised to collaborate with the state PCRC to stimulate more community interest in security matters so as to make the state safe for businesses and other social endeavors to thrive.

    On his part, the state Chairman, Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, Alh. Bala Borodo, explained that the committee is a platform for collaborative effort between communities and the Police to combat crime.

    Alh. Borodo, a one-time Minister of Steel, told the governor that the national secretariat of the committee intends to hold a two-day national conference to build capacity of members for enhanced problem solving and to keep them abreast of recent trends in terrorism and how to address them.

    Meanwhile, Governor Ganduje has promised to support the International Hausa Language Literature Writers Forum towards preserving and promoting Hausa culture.

    He said noted that like Yoruba and Ibo, Hausa language is facing serious threats as a result of incursion by alien cultures pointing out that concerted efforts must be made to preserve the language.

    In his remarks, the leader of the delegation, Alh. Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino told the governor that the group, which comprises 15 associations, intends to hold an international conference in Kano soon.

    He requested the assistance.

     

  • Kano Governor okays N274.3b budget

    Kano Governor okays N274.3b budget

    Kano State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has signed into law, the state’s 2016 Appropriation Bill, assuring that its implementation would commence immediately.

    The budget, tagged “A Peoples Budget for Self-Reliance”, is worth N274.3 billion with 70 per cent of it devoted to capital expenditure, while the balance is voted for recurrent expenses.

    The governor said: “It reflects the vision of the administration for diversification of the state’s revenue, with a view to laying a solid foundation for the pursuit of its development objectives.”

    Ganduje explained that though the budget is coming at a turbulent period, the state Internal Revenue Service, with its technical partners have convinced the governor that with political commitment, the target would be achieved.

    The governor expressed delight that the budget was subjected to public hearing, pointing out that to date; no state in the country has allowed the public to make input in its budget.

    He assured that the government would create an enabling environment for the legislature to perform its oversight functions,  stressing that the lawmakers are at liberty to visit any  Ministry or agency to monitor transactions for accountability and transparency.

    The House of Assembly Speaker, Alhaji. Kabiru Alasan Rurum, said the Assembly conducted public hearing on the budget,  to allow direct involvement of the people in governance.

    He appealed to residents to rally round the Ganduje-led administration to facilitate the execution of the budget, despite the prevailing harsh economic realities in the country.

  • Buhari sure of victory in Kano, says Ganduje

    Buhari sure of victory in Kano, says Ganduje

    The Kano State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said the victory of the party’s presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, is a done deal.

    Ganduje, who is Kano State deputy governor, told reporters in his office that APC would win in all the elections next months.

    The APC candidate said he was sure of the party’s victory because of the response his campaign team was getting from the people.

    He said the party’s leadership had placated aggrieved candidates, who vied for the deputy governorship position.

    Ganduje said: “I can confirm to you that they are coming back to the fold. The selection of my running mate created a lot of outcry from some contestants. That is normal in politics. The office of the running mate is not an office for open contest. It is done according to the rules and regulations of the party. The candidate chooses his running mate, but must consult widely. So, this is a no-go-area. We know the parameters, attributes and attitudes — all these have to be put together to have a workable team.

    “But take it from me that all of them who expected to be appointed as my running mate were duly qualified. But we have to take only one of them. I have made contacts with them because they are very important. They have a very big role to play. They are still members of APC. I am personally heading the team to appeal to them publicly and privately.” he stated.

    Dr. Hafiz Abubakar has emerged Ganduje’s running mate.

    On the chances of Gen. Buhari and other APC candidates in Kano, Ganduje said: “The die is cast. We are ready for the race and, In shaa Allah, we shall succeed.

    “For our President in-waiting, Gen. Buhari, we are working very hard to give him the maximum votes here in Kano.

    “If possible, all those who registered, even those who are not in APC, we are begging them. We are soliciting their support. We are appealing for them to vote for our presidential candidate because of the shortcomings in the country, the various man-made calamities in the country.

    “We require somebody who is upright, somebody has the political will, somebody who is strong, somebody who can fight injustice — no matter what will happen to him or to any other person. So, we shall continue to do that to ensure that we contribute our quota, being the most populous state in the federation. We want to lead in giving him (Gen. Buhari) the maximum votes. May God help us.”