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Sen. Rabi’u Kwankwaso, National Leader of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has lauded  Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State for his outstanding performance in first year of his stewardship in the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria( NAN)  reports that Kwankwaso made the commendation on Monday during his Sallah homage to the governor at the  Government House, Kano.

He  commended Yusuf’s administration’s dedication to advancing Education and women empowerment initiatives aimed at enhancing the lives of Kano State residents.

The former governor of Kano State, expressed delight at  Yusuf’s commitment to empowering women with substantial support.

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He said that this was significant for rural entrepreneurship  and emphasised the importance of effective monitoring to ensure equitable distribution of empowerment grants.

Kwankwaso called for enhanced efforts in security, empowerment of the less privileged and advancement of developmental projects.

The NNPP leader assured the governor of his commitment as a stakeholder to provide valuable guidance and support to the government.

Responding, Yusuf  thanked  Kwankwaso for his mentorship and support for his administration.

He reiterated his administration’s dedication to upholding the principles of the Kwankwasiyya movement for continued progress and development of the state.

(NAN)

 Former Kano State Governor and ex-Defence Minister,Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is to chair the The New Narrative Newspaper’s public presentation of the book entitled: “The Inclined Leader: Rediscovering the principles for your personal development and growth written by the newspapers’ Publisher and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kalu Okoronkwo.

The event with the theme: Empowering leadership & fostering good governance for sustainable development will hold  on  July 17.

Kwankwaso, a distinguished  statesman and Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) during the 2023 general election wrote the foreword to  the book.

Known for his dedication to leadership excellence and visionary governance, Kwankwaso’s participation at the book presentation promises to elevate the significance of the occasion and foster meaningful discussions among guests.

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Speaking on the book launch, Okoronkwo said that the editorial board and management of the newspaper is honoured to have Kwankwaso write the foreword and also to chair the event.

“Senator Kwankwaso’s reputation as a principled leader and advocate for positive change perfectly aligns with the themes and messages conveyed in The Inclined Leader. We are confident that his presence will enhance the significance of the event and inspire engaging dialogue among participants” he said.

The book  is a compendium on  leadership and offers valuable insights and perspectives on leadership and good governance. “The book presentation event will also provide attendees with an opportunity to engage and participate in discussions, and gain deeper insights into the issues addressed in the book,” he added.

The publisher said the event will draw participants and stakeholders among political office holders, government officials, business leaders, academics and the general public.

A coalition of Forty-five Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) under the auspices of Justice for All (JA) have given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) a 72 hours ultimatum to commence investigation into the eight year reign of the national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. 

The group said it has discovered that the immediate past government in Kano state led by Abdullahi Umar Ganduje failed to investigate the Kwankwaso government, while the current government also has no plans to do so. 

In a petition to the anti graft body signed by Auwalu Ibrahim and Dr. Dave Ogbole as chairman and co-chairman respectively, the group said the investigation has become necessary to ensure that the resources of the state are recovered in the interest of the people. 

According to them, the EFCC investigation will help bridge the gap in ensuring that incidences of corruption under past administrations are investigated since the incumbent government is covering the years between Kwankwaso’s tenure and the present.

It reads: “Justice for All ( JA) is particularly demanding that the EFCC focuses attention on the management of local government allocation under Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s, internally generated revenue during his tenure and the utilisation of allocations from the Federation’s Account.

“In 2015 alone, the 44 Local Government Areas of the state received N107.29 billion in Federal Allocations but there is nothing on the ground that showed this amount was judiciously spent. 

“The feelers in the state were that the council bosses at time remitted the money to the governor on his instructions.

“We are also seeking an investigation into the sales of Kano State Government’s assets especially the identities of those who bought the assets, the correct valuation of the assets as at the time of sale, confirmation that buyers paid for the assets, and how the proceeds from the sales of assets were spent.

“Our request for this investigation follows the discovery that the administration in question might have been involved in grand that allowed the resources of the state to be looted on a mind-boggling scale. 

“We have cause to believe that Kwankwaso, his family members and associates might have illegally benefitted from this aberration. 

“We have also noted that the state has not demonstrated a willingness to investigate the suspected corruption and theft of government resources by the past administration. 

“The immediate past government of Abdullahi Ganduje failed to investigate Kwankwaso’s tenure(s) and the incumbent government of Governor Abba Yusuf has also not demonstrated a willingness to do so”.

The CSOs asked the EFCC to do all that is necessary to make the Kwankwaso administration accountable for how Kano State resources were managed during the tenure similar to how it has gone after the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.

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It said: “Justice for All (JA), hereby gives the EFCC a 48 hours ultimatum to open investigations into the tenure(s) of former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso given the serious allegations of corruption that have been levelled against his administration.

“We see this as a unique opportunity for your Commission to redeem itself as a non-politicised entity that acts on citizens’ petitions to investigate cases of corruption as opposed to being the wrong impression that people hold of the organization as an attack dog that the federal government set on those it is opposed to.

“As a show of good faith, we expect the EFCC to immediately freeze all accounts linked to Kwankwaso and his family until he returns every single penny taken from the treasure of Kano state”.

A support group of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Progressives Foundational Movement (PFM) has called for the immediate arrest of the mastermind of the purported suspension of the national chairman of APC, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, in his ward.

The news of the purported suspension broke on Monday morning.

The group alleged that the purported suspension of Ganduje was traceable to the ruling party in the state.

Reacting to the development through a statement by its chairman, Emmanuel Aribigbe, in Abuja on Monday, the group noted that the faces of persons behind the suspension clearly showed that they were the moles within APC sponsored by the ruling New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the state to destabilise APC.

The statement reads: “We can authoritatively report that the press conference which took place in Kano and not at the ward was by known members of the NNPP. The pertinent question is, how many ward executive officers were at the conference?

“These characteristics are known supporters of Engr Rabiu Kwankwaso, who is an arch-rival of our able national chairman.

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“We, however, called on the security agencies to quickly order the arrest of the faces at the press conference and properly investigate their sponsors.

“Our national chairman has not committed any offence that should warrant suspension by the ward executive.

“We also call on all our members, the general public, and most especially the supporters of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje all over the world to be calm and ignore the failed coup by some enemies of democracy.”

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano on Sunday called on the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the State Government of Abba Yusuf to also probe former Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso .

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry was set up by Yusuf to investigate the immediate past administration of Umar Ganduje.

The APC chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, said: “The commission should start from 1999-2003 and 2011-2015 when 70 per cent of government properties were sold or fraudulently allocated to friends and families.”

According to Abbas: “interestingly, the sharing of the state assets happened right under the nose of Abba Kabir Yusuf when he was the commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport.”

The APC chairman, in a statement observed that the composition of the commission’s membership reveals that it is made up of members of the NNPP and other partisan politicians.

“This singular act clearly shows that the commission has been assigned with a duty to witch-hunt and politically victimise the subjects of investigation in the unwarranted assignment,” he said.

Abbas stated that the government should be upright in its dealings by not selfishly restricting its investigation to between 2015 and 2023.

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“From 2011-2015, the controversial five kilometer road projects in the 44 local government areas were awarded and only for the funds to be misappropriated without the project being executed.

“During the same period, over N3 billion naira were also earmarked for a particular project but misappropriated by Kwankwaso during his Presidential Campaign in Lagos when N70 million was released by each local government,” he said.

Abbas added that just as it is claiming to be fair to all, the government should invite all the 44 local government council chairmen that served during Kwankwaso administration to give account of what really transpired in order to unravel the mystery behind the misappropriated fund.

The Chairman said there were instances of misuse of public funds when the Kwankwaso administration took a Machiavellian reform of the pension law to use over N4 billion from Pension Trust Fund to misappropriate pensioner’s fund between 2011-2015 which impact is still reverberating on the toiling pensioners in the state.

“Since 2019 when they were in the opposition, the people of Kano were very much aware of how elements of this government and it’s supporters threatened the peace in the state. Even while in government, the violence perpetrated to celebrate it’s coming to power is still fresh in our minds.”

He said key stakeholders of this government that included the Secretary to the State Government, a commissioner and two advisers also threatened to kill judges of the 2023 Election Petition Tribunal in a viral video, but nothing was done to assuage the situation.

“It is shocking and disturbing that despite the threat to lives meted out by one of the Commissioners against the Judicial officers his name was resubmitted to the Kano State House of Assembly for further confirmation as Commissioner and he has since been cleared by the said House.

“It is no doubt that the clearance of the said commissioner clearly demonstrates that evil deed is “viable venture” in the Government of Kano State because the doers are encouraged, appeased and rewarded abundantly.

“Between 1999-2003, the violence that erupted in Kwankwaso town of Madobi local government when people objected to the crowning of Kwankwaso’s father with traditional title, lives were lost and properties vandalised.

“Members of the NNPP brandishing dangerous weapons including guns, were shooting sporadically during campaigns as a result of which some were killed and many others injured in Gwarzo and Wudil ” the statement said.

“While the All Progressives Congress (APC) will continue to be law abiding, it will not, however, condone witch-hunt, political victimisation and persecution. The Government needs to be reminded that the mentioned scandals ought to be investigated and must one day be investigated.”

Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso said Nigeria has the required manpower and resources to end the current insecurity in the country. 

Kwankwaso, who spoke at the mini national Convention of the party in Abuja, however said from developments it was obvious the country was in dire need of change in in the style of leadership. 

The former Kano Governor said: “We have taken note of the challenges of the day because in many states, especially in northern Nigeria, our children are not going to schools now because of insecurity, because of poverty and so on. By implication, we are saying we will do whatever it takes to ensure security and to ensure that poverty is eradicated. 

“We have all what it takes to do that, so that education can flourish, so that every child from primary to tertiary will go to school in this country. 

“This party, is one of the major hopes that this country is having today. We are all aware that PDP has completely failed. Many of us decided in 2014, 2015 to bring in some positive changes. 

“Unfortunately, we have seen what happened from 2015 to date. There is the same APC government. Therefore, as far as we are concerned, we have a failing party that is the APC. And we believe that this country requires an alternative to APC and of course, PDP and the only party, in my opinion, and based on facts, because NNPP today is the fastest growing party in this country. 

“In many parts of this country, especially in northern Nigeria, particularly in my own part of the north, so many people have been chased out of their homes, so many have been killed. Some are in the bushes and in the forest under the care of bandits and other criminals. 

“It looks like many people don’t care. It is even becoming a normal thing to go and beat people in their homes, on the roads, in the markets, and so on. I believe it is only in this country that this sort of nonsense is happening. 

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“It is the responsibility of every responsible government to ensure peace of its people. As a former minister of defense  and a former chief security officer, for eight years, I believe that we have adequate resources, we have enough manpower, we have all what it takes to protect Nigerians and peace in this country.”

Speaking on the challenges in the party, Kwankwaso said: “Before we came into this party, it’s very difficult to remember anybody who knew this party. Today, despite all the challenges that we had in 2023 election, we have moved on as a strong United party”. 

He assured of consensus building and internal democracy in the party saying all our members will continue to have internal democracy within the party and everybody will be given an opportunity to attain his or her position.