Gov. Ganduje warns Kano governor-elect against interfering with state matters before inauguration
Gov. Ganduje warns Kano governor-elect against interfering with state matters before inauguration
The Governor of Kano State, Umar Ganduje, has warned the governor-elect, Abba Kabir, against interfering with state matters before he is sworn into office.
According to a statement issued to newsmen, Ganduje called on Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, the governor-elect to exercise patience and desist from issuing official pronouncements in form of public advisory in order not to cause unnecessary confusion in the state.
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Neptune Prime recalls that the state commissioner for information and internal affairs, Comrade Muhammad Garba, in a statement issued from the office of the governor-elect, warned individuals, groups and organisations undertaking construction on public places to keep off.
He then called on individuals and organisations who acquired land after following due process and procedures not to be threatened by the directive.
However, Governor Ganduje revealed that the action of the governor-elect amounts to jumping the gun by issuing a directive on a matter affecting the government laid down policy while the incumbent is yet to run his full term.
Malam Garba explained that the advisory issued by the governor-elect has generated a lot of tension in the state and advised him to desist from such path of confusion.
He said as the division of power is concerned as enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje remains the governor with executive powers until May 29 and reserves the right to carry out his functions in the public interest even on the eve of his exit.
“Until he subscribes to the oath of office as governor on May 29, he remains what he is-a governor-elect and does not have the powers of the governor.
“All he can do is reverse some of the actions taken by his predecessor when he assumes office if there is a valid reason to do so.
No governor-elect has the constitutional or legal powers to determine the direction of a state until he is sworn in,” the statement read.
The commissioner noted that state governors wielded enormous powers to allocate plots and therefore every government has undertaken such exercise including the previous administration which the governor-elect had served.
He also stated that based on available records, the previous administration has made a land allocation in some of the public places the governor-elect categorically mentioned which include the city wall, with the allocation of land from Kofar Nassarawa to Kofar Mata; shops at the Kofar Mata Eid Prayer Ground facing the Orion Cinema and from Kofar Mata to ‘Yan Yashi opposite the Eid Ground.
Others are from Kofar Kabuga to Kofar Famfo facing the old Campus of Bayero University.
However, 24 hours after issuing the warning to individuals and organisations carrying out private constructions on public and government lands, the Kano State governor-elect, Abba Yusuf, has issued another advisory to domestic and international lenders.
The governor-elect, in a statement by his spokesman, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, warns lenders not to give loans to the outgoing Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje without the consent of the incoming administration.
He said whoever gives such facility to the outgoing administration does so at his/her own risk as his administration would not honour such a loan.