The smooth relationship between Rabiu Kwankwaso, outgoing governor of Kano state, and Abdullahi Ganduje, his deputy of eight years who is also the incoming governor of the state, has been threatened by Ganduje’s rejection of a parting gift of N50 million from the governor.
Both men steered the ship of the state between 1999 and 2003 and were re-elected in 2011, and Ganduje is the only deputy governor that got the endorsement to succeed his boss in office.
A source told TheCable that unlike Ganduje, other aides of Kwankwaso, who were also offered cash gifts, accepted them.
He said the governor paid himself 100 million, while his commissioners allegedly received N5 million each.
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Kwankwaso’s special advisers were not left out of the largesse, as each of them were said to have collected N2.5 million.
Other aides of the governor were allotted houses and plots of land at Kwankwasiyya city, Amana city and Bandirawo.
Several telephone calls made by TheCable to Baba Dantiye, the governor’s director of press, were unanswered, but he eventually replied a text message to the same telephone line, simply saying: “I don’t know about it.”
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Meanwhile, hundreds of contractors of the state are complaining of bankruptcy, while some indigenes of Kano who are on scholarship at various higher Institutions, have not received bursary payments for three consecutive years.
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Your comment. This is clearly a hatchet job and obviously written out of mischief. If Kwankwanso will officially approve the quoted amounts for himself, deputy and other appointees in appreciation of their contributions to his success after presiding over the disbursement of Billions of naira as governor, then he remains my role model
Your comment.. This is clearly a hatchet job and obviously written out of mischief. If Kwankwaso will officially approve the quoted amounts for himself, deputy and other appointees in appreciation of their contributions to his success as governor after presiding over the disbursement of Billions of naira as governor, then he remains my role model.
This is crap, especially the scholarship part. I work in one of the universities that the Kano state indigenes are studying and the students are just into their second year and all fees have been paid for their first year.
You havent told us the source of your story. Am kano Indigene studying in Turkey kano government has paid my tuition and everything for compete program.
Where did you source your lies?
I think what you are saying is not true. Kwankwaso can never unjustifyiable do that. Why are you people so “effortful” in finding mess at Kwankwaso’s government? Why can’t you put the effort in a needed way? This is a bullshit. If Kwankwaso does it to squander our money, then he is wrong. Kwankwaso is great and will never stoop to low to do such a nonsense Cable Crap!
You are wrong. Ebony Deputy Governor D. Umahi is also succeeding his boss
it’s true as an indigene i even collected my 5m the source is reliable.
they have gathered it from kano state government house wiring.
Your comment since kwankwaso can speak better than any speaker in kano let him confirm or deny through one of his media forums otherwise silent could be seen as acceptance.
@ Abuja Kenneth, is there a big deal understanding what you read? Ebonyi state gov did not endorse Umahi to succeed him but Kwankwaso did. I think that is what the writer is saying. Maybe u should read it again