Abbas Yushau Yusuf
A strong ally of former Governor of Kano state Senator Ibrahim Shekarau Malam Garba Yusuf Abubakar has made list of Nominees sent by Kano state Governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to the state house of assembly for confirmation as commissioners.
Prior to the conduct of primary election by Nigerian political parties a number of commissioners resigned from Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s cabinet.
The Nominees sent are as follows
Kano Deputy Governor Resigns As Commissioner Of Agriculture
Hon. Ibrahim Dan’azumi Gwarzo
Hon. Abdulhalim Liman Dan Maliki
Hon. Lamin Sani Zawiyya
Hon. Ya’u Abdullahi Yanshana
Hon. Garba Yusif Abubakar
Dr. Yusif Jibril Rurum
Hon. Adamu Abdu Panda
Hon Saleh Kausani
- Garba Yusuf Abubakar was among the cabals that run the affairs of Governor Malam Ibrahim Shekarau’s government for 8 years from 2003 to 2011 and has held portfolios of Information,land and physical planning and state’s ministry of finance throughout the 8 year tenure of Malam Ibrahim Shekarau.
People never thought Garba Yusuf Abubakar will fell out with his close friend and an ally for many decades.
Garba Yusuf Abubakar is popularly known in Kano as Garba Izala due to his affinity with Jamaatu Izalatul Bidia Wa ikamatussunnah.
Due to internal party crisis Malam Ibrahim Shekarau now a senator representing Kano central has joined the Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s New Nigeria People’s Party and has since clinched the senatorial ticket of the party for the 2023 general elections.
