As a matter of urgency, the Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf should be on top of his government. It is his responsibility to take charge, Kano voters only voted for him with enough votes, not his cabinet members, Chief of Staff, or the rest of his appointees as most of them are inexperienced persons.
Before I go further I want to congratulate you for approving a huge amount of money for the purchase of fertilizer for this year’s rainy season farming and another billions of naira for the renovation of classrooms across the 44 Local Government areas of Kano State.
To be frank with Your Excellency, with the kind of government officials working under you this money earmarked will end up in the pockets and accounts of politicians. Yes in the pocket of your party members who are members of the Community Reorientation Committee (CRC), which is responsible for executing the projects.
We have seen what happened recently with the empowerment funds shared to the street hawkers, and the issue of diverting palliatives, you, self-directed the arrest of the suspects, and we are yet to hear about the investigation and the actions you took against them. Even though there are speculations that one of the engine rooms of your government who used to be a comrade at one of the Nigerian Universities spearheaded the I’ll action. God forbid.
Another issue that makes me sharpen my pen this time, is the pathetic issue of one sick baby who Governor Yusuf pledged to take abroad for the needed treatment but up to date the promise has not been fulfilled
The mother of the patient who spoke on a video clip said that, when Abba Kabir visited them as a new governor in one of the Kano hospitals, one company had already promised to sponsor their traveling abroad for medication but the governor, said the duty of his government to do that, but up-to-date no action is taken. They no longer have money to even attend the local hospital talkless of buying the necessary drugs plus the regular oxygen the patient used daily as a means for survival.
The woman added that she has been going up and down to the Kano State Ministry of Health, but the Commissioner of that Ministry keeps deceiving them.
I want to use this opportunity to call the attention of Abba Yusuf to be on top of all his government affairs by reshaping his Cabinet with those he can control and give directives. I suggest to him to appoint capable youth to his government before it is too late.
“A word is enough for a wise”
Abba Hamisu Sani is the National Coordinator Society for Patriotic Journalism.
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